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    I never really planned to become an author. But here I am, with books that came from things I have experienced, questioned, and learned along the way.

    They are very different on the surface. Underneath, they ask the same thing: how do we find meaning in the lives we are actually living?

    160 Feet by Edyta Kelly
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    “Neither looked impressive. Neither looked like enough. But both were enough to start.”

    Chapter 1 of 160 Feet, Who Trains for a Mountain on a Hill? How a small hill in a neighborhood park became our training ground for the highest mountain in the Americas.

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    The Books

    Three journeys
    160 Feet by Edyta Kelly

    160 Feet

    Available now

    A true story about starting with what you have instead of waiting for perfect conditions. You don't find your mountain. You build it.

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    Audiobook coming November 17
    The Quiet Curriculum by Edyta Kelly

    The Quiet Curriculum

    Coming later this year

    A novel drawn from a true journey. What if life itself is a curriculum, and the lessons are the ones we don't recognize until we have lived them?

    A Room I Never Left by Edyta Kelly

    A Room I Never Left

    Coming 2027

    A short story you can finish in one evening and think about for a week.

    About Edyta

    Edyta Kelly is an author and professional photographer. She was born and raised in Poland before moving to the United States in her twenties. Polish is her first language. English is her second.

    She enjoys hiking, climbing mountains, and finding meaning in ordinary moments. Together with her husband, Wayne, she summited Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas, in January 2020.

    She lives in Las Vegas, where she continues to write, photograph, and explore the desert trails close to home.

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