Kelsie Stoker is a 24-year-old fiction writer and creative based in Glasgow. She holds a degree in English Literature and Linguistics from the University of Glasgow and is best known for her existential urban-fantasy debut, Silenda—a haunting exploration of mortality, identity, and what it means to be free.

Kelsie’s writing is shaped by a lifelong fascination with the human condition. Her work lingers in the liminal spaces: the fractures between who we are and who we’re told to be, the push-and-pull between self-destruction and self-creation, the blurry border between reality and the psychological landscapes we build to survive it. She gravitates toward themes of identity, queerness, gender, and societal expectation, carving stories that resist binaries and make room for contradiction—stories that sit, unapologetically, in the grey.

Philosophical by nature, Kelsie writes with the belief that peace, equality, and connection emerge only when we allow ourselves to be uncertain. Her characters are tender and raw, often carrying the weight of grief, intimacy, trauma, and longing. Through them, she explores what breaks us and, more importantly, what might put us back together.

Beyond her creative work, Kelsie applies this narrative sensitivity within the public sector, contributing to projects that support community development, social value, and public-good initiatives across Scotland. She brings the same empathy, clarity, and analytical precision to her professional writing as she does to her fiction.

She is currently completing her second novel, Diagram 559—a lyrical psychological drama meets literary romance set in the fractured stillness of New York City. It blends emotional intimacy with philosophical introspection, following characters who are trying, against the noise of grief and the ghosts of their pasts, to find themselves and each other.

Kelsie’s work continues to grow at the intersection of emotion, theory, and storytelling. She writes for readers who recognise themselves in the shadows—those who live quietly, feel deeply, and want stories that speak to the truths we often struggle to say out loud.

Kelsie’s work is inseparable from her politics. A committed feminist and LGBTQ+ advocate, she writes with a sharp awareness of power—who has it, who is denied it, and how systems shape the way we move through the world. Through her blog, she often challenges misogyny, heteronormativity, and the racial hierarchies embedded in everyday life, reflecting her belief that writing can be both refuge and resistance.

Politically left-leaning and consistently outspoken about social justice, she aims to amplify marginalised voices and spark dialogue around liberation, equality, and the shared responsibility we have to one another. For Kelsie, storytelling in her essays, reflections, or cultural commentary—is not just an art form; it is an act of care, solidarity, and quiet rebellion.