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]
  • The Shadow of King's (1986)
  • My Sister's Keeper (1993)
  • Bad Chemistry (1994)
  • Old Wounds (1999)
  • Hot Pursuit (2002),[7] nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award in 2003[8]
  • Kelly, Nora (1973). Quest for a profession : the history of the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing.

References
  1. "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. Vol. 2. pp. 25–26. ISBN 978-1615950096.
  8. Sobin, Roger M (2011). The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians. pp. 191–92. ISBN 978-1615952038.


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