Kelsey O'Brien

The Three: A devastating, compelling historical thriller Get it now:

This is my first novel-- I love it with all my heart and am endlessly delighted it's going to be published. The perfect story to get lost in on a dark winter night-- featuring Georgian London, gay lovers evading danger, revolutionary politics, and deep friendship. Pre-order it now! geni.us/l5Nu

Highgate Cemetery vs. Père Lachaise An unnecessary comparison

Last day of #Cemtember! Let's close out the month with my unnecessary comparison between London's Highgate and Paris's Père Lachaise (though really, I enjoy celebrating cemeteries almost every day): kelseyobrienauthor.substack.com/p/highgate-c...

What if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong?

An incredible story about one of the most beloved yet unknown figures in American history. We can trust oral histories and give them the same consideration as documentary evidence when piecing together the past. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...

Here we are.... and so it goes Every now and then, I like to look at the drawings of American author Kurt Vonnegut.

"For art to survive and thrive, all we have to do is simply and faithfully honour a feeling, a connection, a moment in time." - latest wisdom from Elif Shafak elifshafak.substack.com/p/here-we-ar...

French Dockers Block Weapons to Israel Last Wednesday, workers at a port in southern France searched a cargo ship headed for Haifa — and found it carried 19 pallets of machine-gun parts. They blocked the shipment, refusing to be complicit ...

I find stories like this one so inspiring. Heroism is possible every day, in the course of carrying out our ordinary responsibilities and working together: jacobin.com/2025/06/fran...

"Communities without art — in all its various, ridiculous, beautiful forms — are communities that are dying."

Another banger from Anne Helen Petersen: annehelen.substack.com/p/no-really-...

Homepage - National Network of Abortion Funds Welcome to the National Network of Abortion Funds! Learn how we support abortion funds and organize to make abortion access a reality for all.

As the UK (finally!) decriminalizes abortion, it's dispiriting to mark the third anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health and the collapse of abortion rights in America. For those who need help, for those who want to help, the fight continues: abortionfunds.org

No longer bientôt-- summer is well and truly here in Paris!

Historical Fiction: Ways to keep your inner muse inspired by Deborah Swift I have been writing for quite a number of years now and in that time the publishing landscape has changed enormously. I am...

Loved these suggestions for finding historical fiction inspiration from the esteemed @deborahswift.bsky.social. A few years old, but still extremely useful: the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2021/10/hist...

Ghosts Past, Present, and Future I was expelled from a dream around 4am this morning and woke up thinking about the push by certain AI brands to reconstruct famous people using their models. This technology promises historical figure...

Will try to start posting on here a bit more - let's begin with this blog post I wrote last year about history and AI thought the lens of ghosts: kelseyobrienauthor.com/blog/f/ghost...