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Kelly Anderson

Authors at the Library

2026-08-16 14:00:00 2026-08-16 16:00:00 America/New_York Kelly Anderson Debut author Kelly Anderson discusses her new novel The Wild Beneath. Gahanna - Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3

Sunday, August 16
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Gahanna

Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3

Debut author Kelly Anderson discusses her new novel The Wild Beneath.

Authors at the Library 

In Conversation with KELLY ANDERSON

Sunday, August 16 | 2 p.m.
Gahanna Branch | 310 Granville St. | Columbus, OH

1:30 p.m. | Seating opens, Book sale by The Book Loft
2:00 p.m. | Victoria Bordner in conversation with Kelly Anderson
2:45 p.m. | Audience Q&A
3:00 p.m. | Book sale and signing

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Kelly Anderson is a family physician with fellowships in HIV and emergency medicine. She has worked extensively in rural and remote emergency departments, spent fifteen years at the Inner City Family Health Team at St. Michael''s Hospital in Toronto, and built the clinical team at Felix Health. After completing the Bookends Novel Fellowship, she trained in the Gateless Writing Academy and is a certified Gateless writing teacher. Kelly spent much of her childhood in British Columbia, and now lives in Guelph, Ontario with her family. The Wild Beneath is her first novel. Read more about Kelly here.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Annie MacLeod always knew she was different, growing up on a sailboat in the Pacific Northwest, navigating by stars and swimming with sea creatures alongside her parents and best friend Evan. But when a tsunami shatters her world, Annie is stranded on land and forced to confront how eccentric she is. In the wreckage, she rescues a wordless man named Walker, who emits a hum only she can hear.
Their connection is instant, electric. Walker’s touch gives Annie visions of the ocean’s hidden world, a life she’s never known but feels inexplicably drawn to. Yet even as she is pulled toward him, Evan—the steadfast love who has always been there—remains on dry land, offering the stability she may have to leave behind. Annie is torn between Evan’s grounding presence and Walker’s magnetic secrets. But then, Walker vanishes, along with the answers she needs about who she really is.
Six years later, Annie has left the sea and buried the past—until Walker’s otherworldly sound returns, pulling her back toward the ocean and the life she abandoned. The truth under the water is more ancient than she ever could have known, and Annie must confront a choice that will test her heart and determine her future.

EVENT DETAILS

The event is free to the public but due to limited seating registration is requested.

Kelly's books will be sold on site by The Book Loft.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Authors at the Library |

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