Kelsey Lawrence is an updates editor at BDG, where she writes and edits shoppable stories across Bustle, Elite Daily, Mic, Inverse, and all other BDG sites.
She’s reported on a little bit of everything, from the rise of kitschy vacation rentals to Shania Twain’s most iconic song openers. Her 2017 story on Cheesecake Factory interiors received a nod from the Los Angeles Times as one of their favorite stories of the year. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Texas.
Kelsey is a born-and-raised Texan who currently lives in Brooklyn. When she’s not working, she enjoys scouring the internet for strange finds, exploring flea markets and other bits of Americana, and telling everyone she’s going to start playing tennis again soon.
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