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Keli Goff
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| Born | July 20, 1979 |
| Education | New York University (BA) Columbia University (MS) |
| Occupation | Journalist, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2008-present |
| Awards | 2016 NAACP Image Award (Won), 2019 News & Documentary Emmys (Nominated-2) |
Keli Goff (born July 20, 1979) is an American producer, playwright, screenwriter and journalist. She is a contributor to various news outlets and has written for a number of popular television shows, including And Just Like That..., the reboot of the television series Sex and the City, and Mayor of Kingstown.
She is a contributor and fill-in guest host for public radio's Left, Right & Center. In 2023, Goff began writing a column for The Hollywood Reporter interviewing political leaders about Hollywood.
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Early life
A native of Missouri City, Texas, Goff graduated from Elkins High School. She earned a bachelor's degree from New York University and a master's degree in strategic communications from Columbia University.
Early career as a journalist and author
Goff first came to prominence with the publication of her first book, Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence, which examined the perspectives and impact of younger voters and members of the Post Civil Rights Generation on the political process, with particular focus on the 2008 election. The book was notable for containing interviews with younger black voters as well as leaders like Colin Powell and Rev. Al Sharpton. The book resulted in Goff becoming a regular presence on cable news (MSNBC, CNN, FOX) during the 2008 presidential election. She also became a Contributor, covering major events of the election cycle such as the Democratic Convention and election night, on air for BET.
Goff also became a blogger for The Huffington Post. She then became a regular Contributor or Correspondent for various outlets including The Root, The Washington Post blog, "She the People," and eventually The Daily Beast, where she remains a Contributor as of 2021. Her writing was also published in a variety of magazines, including Time, Essence and Cosmopolitan.
Her essay "Living the Dream" is featured in the collection The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's A More Perfect Union in 2009.
In 2011 her first novel, The GQ Candidate, about a group of friends rocked by the decision of one of them to run for president, was published.
Transition to playwriting, screenwriting and producing
..... That film would eventually become Reversing Roe, released on Netflix (along with a brief theatrical run) in September 2018. In 2019 Goff, along with directors/fellow producers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, would go on to be nominated for two News/Documentary Emmy Awards for their work on the film.
In 2014, Goff was named one of The Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group fellows. She wrote her first full length play and performed readings of it at various theaters. Later, she had plays workshopped at Crossroads Theater and LAByrinth Theater Company.
In 2014, she was hired to work as a writer on the drama series Being Mary Jane, about a black female cable news anchor. She won a 2016 NAACP Image Award for her writing for the series.
In 2017, Goff began writing for The CW television series Black Lightning based on the DC Comics superhero.
In 2019, she served as a writer and producer for the television series Twenties, produced by Emmy winner Lena Waithe.
Recent career
In 2016, she hosted Political Party, a series of specials covering the 2016 election for NPR affiliate, WNYC.
From 2019 to 2021, Goff's columns, articles, and essays have appeared in The Guardian, Vogue, The Hollywood Reporter, The Nation and Town & Country.
In 2020, Goff served as a writer and producer on Joe vs. Carole, the miniseries inspired by The Tiger King, starring Kate McKinnon.
In 2021, Center Stage in Baltimore produced (via streaming, due to the pandemic) Goff's play, The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks & Curls a collection of scenes and monologues about the relationship between black women and their hair.
In 2021, Goff was also announced as a writer and producer on And Just Like That..., the reboot of the series, Sex and the City. Goff worked as a co-executive producer on the second season of the Paramount+ series Mayor of Kingstown.
During winter 2023, she was an artist-in-residence at Yaddo.
In 2024 the fashion label Anne Klein hired Goff to write an Impact campaign starring supermodel Kate Upton.
