Local author emerges from behind the pen

Local author Kellie Coff was inspired to combine her author vocation and academic vocation into the same project. Picture: Ben Gross 551822_04
Lochlainn Heley

LOCAL award-winning author Kellie Coff has decided to share the spotlight with her Lellie Lopter pen name following the launch of her latest book. Coff officially launched Bella Grows a Bicycle last week, her fourth children’s book under her trademark Lellie Lopter and first with children’s publisher Fire Mile Press. The book is inspired by […]

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