About Nora Kelly
Born 1945. Nora Kelly is a Canadian crime fiction writer and historian.
Nora Kelly (born August 29, 1945) is an American-born Canadian writer who mainly writes mystery fiction. Kelly also studied at the University of Cambridge.
She received the Arthur Ellis Award in 1999 for her novel Old Wounds, 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.
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.
Awards
1999 Arthur Ellis Award for ''Old Wounds
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Who is Nora Kelly?
Canadian crime writer
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Nora Kelly was born on 29 August 1945 in Paterson.
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Nora Kelly is a crime fiction writer and historian.
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Nora Kelly is Canadian.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Nora Kelly (writer)
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