Nora Kelly (writer)

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

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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]

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Selected works

Source: [1]

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. Dundurn. p. 22. ISBN   0889242690.
  4. 1 2 "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. ↑ Sobin, Roger M (2011). The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians. Poisoned Pen Press. pp. 191–92. ISBN   978-1615952038.
  8. ↑ Barnett, Colleen (2011). Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction: 1980-1992. Vol. 2. Sourcebooks. pp. 25–26. ISBN   978-1615950096.


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