C. Brian Kelly

(1980)
Lecturer
Journalism

Degrees

B.A. Yale, 1957

Books

  • Best Little Stories of Winston Churchill (with His American Mother, Jennie by Ingrid Smyer-Kelly), Cumberland House Publishing, Nashville, TN, October 2008. An anecdotal biography stemming from the authors' participation as faculty in a 2007 seminar on Winston Churchill held at Oxford University and sponsored jointly by the University and the Oxford Adult Program; #9 in the Best Little Stories series of historical books.
  • Best Little Stories from the Blue and the Gray (with Generals' Wives by Ingrid Smyer-Kelly), Cumberland House Publishing, Nashville, TN, Fall 2006.
  • Best Little Stories from Virginia (with The Women Who Counted by Ingrid Smyer-Kelly), Cumberland House Publishing, Nashville, TN, October 2003.
  • Best Little Stories from the Wild West (with Fascinating Women of the Wild West by Ingrid Smyer-Kelly), Cumberland House Publishing, Nashville, TN, August 2002.
  • Best Little Ironies, Oddities and Mysteries Of the Civil War with Mary Todd Lincoln: Troubled First Lady, Cumberland House Publishing, Nashville, TN, 2000.
  • Best Little Stories From the White House, Montpelier Publishing, 1992; expanded re-issue, Fall, 1999 by Cumberland House Publishing.
  • Best Little Stories From the American Revolution, April 1999, Cumberland House Publishing, Nashville, TN.
  • Best Little Stories From World War II, Montpelier Publishing, 1989; re-issue Fall 1998, expanded by 50-60%, Cumberland House Publishing.
  • Best Little Stories From the Civil War, Montpelier Publishing, 1994; re-issue with new introduction, Spring 1998, Cumberland House Publishing, Nashville, TN.

Other Publications

  • Founding editor and former columnist, Military History magazine.
  • Founding editor, World War II magazine.
  • Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Star and Richmond News-Leader.
  • Short fiction published in Yankee, Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, Cats magazine.
  • Non-fiction published in Reader's Digest, Friends, KLM in-flight magazine, Sports History and Biblical History magazines, The National Observer and other newspapers and historical magazines.

Honors

  • Communicator of the Year, National Wildlife Federation, 1976.
  • $13,000 fellowship awarded by the American Political Science Association (APSA), 1971
  • Citation for public affairs reporting, APSA, 1970
  • First Prize, local reporting from Baltimore-Washington Newspaper Guild, 1965
  • Honorable mention, local column writing, Virginia Press Association, 1960