About.
Kelly Allen is a New York City–based writer and editor with more than six years of professional experience in the magazine industry. Her passion lies in writing deeply reported features across topics including entertainment, interior design, travel, culture, and more. While she favors features, she enjoys whipping up quick news hits and delving into SEO-driven explainers.
Most recently, Kelly was on staff at House Beautiful, where wrote features on inspiring home tours, dreamy movie and TV sets and filming locations, in-depth city guides, hotel reviews, profiles, and more. She also worked as an editorial assistant for Delish and fashion assistant for Hearst Fashion Group, which included Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health, and more. For Cosmopolitan's entertainment team, she spent two years updating SEO stories—on TV, film, books, music, and podcasts—as a freelancer.
Before her time at Hearst, she was a staff writer for Tiger Oak Media's community lifestyle magazines in Minnesota. She also worked for Delta Sky Magazine and Minnesota Monthly. She holds a B.A. in professional journalism with a minor in interdisciplinary design from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
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When Kelly isn't writing, she's watching every new TV series and movie, browsing vintage home stores, sipping coffee in local cafés (with well-designed interiors, of course!), and fulfilling her passion for photography.​