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Caitlin Kelly

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in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Caitlin Kelly is a young author and poet best known for The Words I Wish I Said, a collection that gained viral traction on social media in 2021 and reached #1 in Amazon Poetry sales, as well as #1 in Women’s Poetry. The book’s success marked a turning point in her career, introducing her work to a global audience and solidifying her voice within the contemporary poetry space.

She began self-publishing at sixteen years old with her debut collection, The Words of a Madman, and went on to release four poetry collections between the ages of seventeen and twenty. Her body of work includes The Words I Wish I Said, The Perks of Solitude (April 7, 2021), and Monsters of the Mind released on January 27, 2022.

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hi friends!! It's been a WHILE huh?? I just wanted to pop in to let you know the wait is ALMOST over! I've been working on not one but TWO exciting new books. One of which is not a poetry book... There will be an official announcement this year so stay tuned and keep up with my tik tok and instagram <3

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Published on January 12, 2026 17:37 • Tags: author, book-announcement, poetry, soft-launch, the-words-i-wish-i-said

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“it’s absolutely insane how you can put so much into someone and they can walk away so easily”
― Caitlin Kelly, The Words of a Madman

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“your silence is violent
like a knife stabbed in my back that you promised you’d always have
a gun put to my head
with all the bloody lies you’ve ever said
a bomb aimed at me
as you turned around and walked away.”
― Caitlin Kelly, monsters of the mind: by caitlin kelly

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