As an award-winning writer and editor, L. Kelly has plenty of stories to tell about leadership, media relations, crisis communications and social media.

But the best story is: The next one.

L. Kelly teaches in the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University. As managing director of L. Kelly Media Services, she specializes in guiding communication projects of nonprofit, government and education clients. Kelly has shaped successful political campaigns, helped businesses rebuild, and produced short- and long-form videos.

She was co-author and leader of the team of Wichita Eagle reporters who wrote the definitive book on the BTK murder investigation: "Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door" (HarperCollins, 2007).

Kelly has presented at the Midwest Press Institute, Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association and National Writing Workshops, and has taught as Visiting Faculty at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.

Kelly holds a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State and is pursuing a master’s in public relations from Kent State University.

Her personal interests include obsessively checking Twitter for news and building campfires.