Kelly Grace Thomas (1981-present) is an American poet and educator. Originally from New Jersey and currently residing in the Bay Area, California, Thomas is the Director of Education and Pedagogy for Get Lit– Words Ignite and co-authored the textbook Words Ignite: Explore, Write and Perform, Classic and Spoken Word Poetry. She is the recipient of the Neil Postman Award for Metaphor from Rattle and her debut collection Boat Burned is set to be released in December 2019. Source