Kelly McKenzie is a humour writer whose nonfiction essays have been published across Canada and in various anthologies, including Chicken Soup for The Soul. Her coming-of-age memoir, Never, Never, Hardly Ever - A Mother/Daughter Story of Antiques and Antics, was shortlisted for the 2024 Whistler Independent Book Awards and was a 2024 Zibby Awards winner. Available on Amazon, it spills the tea on the decade she worked at her mother Frankie’s iconic Vancouver antique store. With fellow quirk magnet, Frankie, living to 101, Kelly still has reams of material and posts regularly at  kellylmckenzie.com  and on Instagram at @kellylmckenzie.