Goodbye to Kelly "Legs" Hailstone

by Sue Ann Jaffarian

I want to use my turn at blogging today to say goodbye to someone who has been very important to me over the past couple of years –Kelly Hailstone of Midnight Ink. Thursday, June 6, is Kelly’s last day at Midnight Ink and her last day as my publicist. She is moving on to become an editor at another organization.

I have never met Kelly in person, but I’d like to think we became friends during the past few years via e-mail. I’ve never seen a photograph of her, but was once told those are her legs pictured on the cover of Scoop by Kit Frazier.

One of the things I loved most about Kelly was how diligently she worked on behalf of me and my books, always thinking of new places to obtain reviews and following-up on my requests to send ARCs to people of interest, and all with a very cheerful and can-do attitude. She was an important part of “Team Odelia” – an important part of the machine that kept my books buzzing in the public eye – and she will be sorely missed.

So good bye and good luck, dear girl. And thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you have done for me and my career as an author.

ADDENDUM

In response to this posting, Kelly sent me the photo below which was taken at a Llewellyn/Midnight Ink Halloween event last year. Most authors never get to see or meet the folks who work for them behind the scenes, so here's a sneak peek.

(l-r) Suzy (black hat/Debbie Gibson), Jennifer (black/purple hair), Brian in the red Devo hat, Alison is in the front (red hair/pink skirt/Cyndi Lauper), Kelly (Madonna), Sara Collison (Spanish publicist/Alice Cooper).