

Kay Bolden
Kay Bolden
Writer | Grant Specialist | TEDx Speaker
Writer | Grant Specialist | TEDx Speaker
Lives New Orleans
Writes Everywhere
Writer. TEDx speaker. Grant Specialist. Global Wanderer. At age 55, I solo hiked 150 miles on the Camino de Santiago, where I spent a night trapped in a brothel, liberated a 17th century ghost, and got over my fear of bridges. Read more of my adventures in Breakfast with Alligators: Tales of Traveling After 50.
MY WORK
Travel Writing
Did you know that trees "talk" to each other? In Costa Rica, I learned how to eavesdrop on their leafy conversations. Follow my blog for life on the road, exploring cuisines and craft beers, and rediscovering the spirituality in nature. 22 countries and 42 states (so far). Hire me to write a story for your publication or speak to your group. And I just love to visit podcasts and share my travel hacks.
Ghostwriting
Memoirs are my jam. Would you like to (finally!) write your life story, a family saga, or even the history of your business? Your life is more than dates and milestones ... you contain multitudes. I'll help you create your written legacy for future generations. Ping me for a free consultation. Read more about the process.
Grant Specialist
With 20+ years experience in nonprofit management and fundraising, I have helped nonprofits and VSBs secure millions for food and housing security, community health, education, youth leadership, environmental recovery and restoration, food systems and urban farming, economic development and more. Member of the national Grant Professionals Association. Contact me for a free consultation. Read more about the process.
BOOK REVIEWS
Other publishing credits include: Thrive Global, P.S. I Love You, Woman’s Day, Fit Pregnancy, Chicago Tribune, Mothering Magazine, Human Parts, ZORA, American Baby, the London Reader, PopSugar,
Mamamia, Mamalode, and many other digital and print publications.
Scott Muska
Kay Bolden is the kind of writer who really knows how to live. This collection shows her at her peak, and when you're done, rest assured you'll want to emulate her ways, which is to say get out there and do some amazing things with your own one precious life.
Tre L Loadholt
Breakfast with Alligators is Kay Bolden doing what she does best: sharing incredible stories that leave us both breathless and nostalgic.
Jim Latham
Kay’s quick, deft portraits of the places she’s been and the people she’s met, including herself, on her travels will have you wanting to meet them all and immediately launch an unplanned road trip to parts unknown.
Ping me
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