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Katherine Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American journalist and writer best known for her unauthorized biographies of popular figures.

Early life
Katherine Kelley was born on April 4, 1942, in Spokane, Washington. The oldest of six children born to lawyer William Vincent Kelley and his wife Adele Martin Kelley, Kitty was often tasked with taking care of her younger siblings, in part due to her mother's difficulties with alcoholism. The Kelleys were noted socialites: they were members of their local country club, hired housekeepers to maintain their property, and owned two vacation homes on Hayden Lake.
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1978–TKTK
Kelley released her first book, The Glamour Spas, in 1975. Based on an article she had written for Washington Star News, the book described celebrity "fat farms" like the Main Chance in Arizona and the Golden Door in San Diego, where wealthy individuals went to lose weight and gossip. The Glamour Spas sold poorly, but publisher Lyle Stuart offered Kelley a $3,000 advance payment to write her follow-up, an unauthorized biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

2012–present: Transition away from biographies
In April 2012, Kelley announced that her next project would be a book of photographs that her longtime friend Stanley Tretick had taken during John F. Kennedy's presidency. Kelley, who became the manager of Tretick's estate following his death in 1999, said that his photographs would be accompanied by an "insightful, heartwarming essay" on both the photographer and the president. Tretick had extensively photographed the Kennedy administration while on assignment for Look, and he kept most of these pictures in a trunk, which Kelley acquired after his death. While examining the details of the trunk, Kelley decided to curate his photography into a book. Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the Kennedys was published on November 13, 2012, through Thomas Dunne Books.

Personal life
While working as a VIP hostess at the 1964 New York World's Fair, Kelley met her first husband, Michael Edgley, who was working as a bartender at the Lion's Head Tavern. They married in a Catholic ceremony in 1976. At the time of their wedding, Edgley was a media director for the National Council on Aging, but he left the organization in 1980 to pursue a writing career and assist his wife with her biographical research. Kelley and Edgley separated in 1987 and divorced two years later.