Nora Kelly (writer)

Nora Kelly (born August 29, 1945) is an American-born Canadian writer who mainly writes mystery fiction.[1]

She was born in Paterson, New Jersey and grew up in New Jersey. Kelly lived in New York City, London, Cambridge and Nairobi before settling in Vancouver. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of British Columbia and a PhD in history from Simon Fraser University.[1][2] Kelly also studied at the University of Cambridge.[3]

She received the Arthur Ellis Award in 1999 for her novel Old Wounds,[4] featuring academic sleuth Gillian Adams who also appears in other mystery novels by Kelly. She also published Quest for a Profession: The History of the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing in 1973.[1]

Kelly, who lives in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Strathcona, was the founding president of City Opera Vancouver. She has also been an associate producer for the opera company and has written a libretto.[1][5][6]

Selected works[1]

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kelly, Nora". ABC BookWorld.
  2. ↑ "Offbeat" (PDF). UBC Reports. April 8, 1993. p. 3.
  3. ↑ Skene-Melvin, David (1995). Investigating Women: Female Detectives by Canadian Writers : an Eclectic Sampler. p. 22. ISBN 0889242690.
  4. ↑ "Arthur Ellis Award". New Westminster Public Library. 1999.
  5. ↑ "SRA news". Strathcona Residents' Association. May 16, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Production Team Bios". The Emperor of Atlantis. City Opera Vancouver.
  7. ↑ Barnett, Colleen (2011). Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction: 1980-1992. Volume 2. pp. 25–26. ISBN 1615950095.
  8. ↑ Sobin, Roger M (2011). The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians. pp. 191–92. ISBN 1615952039.
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