Shelley Klein

About

Shelley Klein is a Scottish writer and psychotherapist whose work explores family relationships, personal identity, and the complexities of everyday life. Born in 1963, she is the youngest daughter of renowned Scottish textile designer Bernat Klein. Her upbringing in her family’s distinctive modernist home in the Scottish Borders inspired her memoir, The See-Through House (2020), which combines family history with reflections on architecture, creativity, and the experience of saying goodbye to a beloved home. Klein’s background in psychotherapy informs her interest in human behaviour, emotional struggles, and the ways people cope with difficult experiences. Her debut novel, My Husband and Other Rats (2026), brings these interests into comic fiction, following a middle-aged woman navigating relationship breakdown, illness, family responsibilities, and unexpected upheavals. Through humour and emotional insight, Klein explores how people find their footing when life refuses to follow the plan.