Kelly Mustian is the USA Today bestselling author of THE GIRLS IN THE STILT HOUSE and THE RIVER KNOWS YOUR NAME. She is the recipient of the Mississippi Library Association’s 2023 Author Award for Fiction, and THE GIRLS IN THE STILT HOUSE was shortlisted for the 2022 Crook’s Corner Book Prize for best debut novel set in the American South. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals and commercial magazines. Originally from Mississippi, she currently lives in North Carolina.

Books by Kelly Mustian

The Girls in the Stilt House

by Kelly Mustian - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

Set in 1920s Mississippi, this debut Southern novel weaves a beautiful and harrowing story of two teenage girls cast in an unlikely partnership through murder --- perfect for readers of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING and IF THE CREEK DON'T RISE.