Kelly Bergh

Kelly Bergh represents adult practical nonfiction, with a particular focus on popular psychology, health and wellness, and self-transformation, as well as select children’s, gift, and fiction projects in these same areas. She is especially drawn to intellectually rigorous, research-driven books that question inherited truths about complex, universal subjects and offer new frameworks that resonate beyond the page.

Kelly worked as an editor in academic publishing after beginning her career as a children’s librarian. She joined Lucinda Literary in 2023 and has since worked closely with journalists, PhDs, and subject-matter experts seeking to bring their ideas into the trade space. She has developed a range of commercially and critically successful projects, including those by Chris Moore, PhD (The Power of Guilt), Lauren LaRusso (Beyond Infidelity), and contemporary poets such as New York Times-bestselling author Josie Balka (I Hope You Remember; Loves of Our Lives) and Joey Kidney (Just Remember).

Projects she represents have been published by Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Bloomsbury, BenBella, Urano, Andrews McMeel, and Hay House.

A certified yoga and meditation instructor, Kelly is interested in books that explore embodiment, resilience, and meaning without sacrificing intellectual depth. She holds a master’s degree in publishing from Drexel University and splits her time between Philadelphia and Seattle.