Kelly Kaur was born in Singapore and lives in Calgary. She is a writer, author, speaker and an educator. She was awarded the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award, the Calgary South Asian Inspiration Outstanding Arts and Culture award, nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and won Honourable Mention in the International Human Rights Art Movement in New York. Kaur’s poem, “A Singaporean’s Love Affair,” landed on the moon in 2024 — the first historic library and an Artemis Accords Heritage Site. Her novel, Letters to Singapore, will go up in 2026. Kaur has a passion for human rights and is a creative writing instructor and Special Projects Editor for the International Human Rights Art Movement, New York. She has a children’s book, Howdy, I’m Singh Hari that was introduced to and celebrated at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton for honouring Punjabi Sikh culture and just shortlisted for the 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards. Her creative works have been danced to on stage, displayed on beer cans, at museums and art galleries, placed outdoors at Leighton Art Centre, and is on a permanent display at the Little Museum of Poetry, il Piccolo Museum Della Poesia, Chiesa di S. Cristoforo, in Piacenza, Italy.