Mary Kelly (writer)
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Mary Theresa Kelly, née Coolican (28 December 1927 – 2017),Edwards, Martin (2019). Introduction to British Library Crime Classics edition of The Christmas Egg. was an English writer of crime novels. Born in London, she received an M.A. degree from University of Edinburgh in 1951. She married Dennis Charles Kelly in 1950, and was a teacher in Surrey County Council schools. In 1961, her novel The Spoilt Kill won a Gold Dagger Award.{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Twentieth_Century_Crime_Mystery_Writers/_U6vCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Mary%20Coolican%20Kelly&pg=PA889&printsec=frontcover |title=Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers |date=1980 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |isbn=978-1-349-81366-7 |editor-last=Reilly |editor-first=John M. |pages=889 |language=en |editor-last2=Henderson |editor-first2=Lesley}}
Bibliography
=Inspector Brett Nightingale series=
- A Cold Coming (1956){{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Mary |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Cold_Coming/U8cqAAAACAAJ?hl=en |title=A Cold Coming |date=1990 |publisher=Ulverscroft |isbn=978-0-7089-2192-0 |language=en}}
- Dead Man's Riddle (1957){{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Mary |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dead_Man_s_Riddle/H7Ls3Q_4TtYC?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%22Mary%20Kelly%22%20writer%20%20crime |title=Dead Man's Riddle |date=1957 |publisher=Secker & Warburg |language=en}}
- The Christmas Egg (1958){{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Mary |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Christmas_Egg/ld9XzwEACAAJ?hl=en |title=The Christmas Egg: A Seasonal Mystery |date=2022 |publisher=Charnwood |isbn=978-1-4448-4895-3 |language=en}}
=Other novels=
- The Spoilt Kill (1961){{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Mary |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Spoilt_Kill/0oX-DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=The Spoilt Kill |date=2020-12-01 |publisher=Sourcebooks, Inc. |isbn=978-1-7282-1998-1 |language=en}}
- Due to a Death (1962; USA: The Dead of Summer){{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Mary |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Due_to_a_Death/TmU9EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Due to a Death |date=2022-05-03 |publisher=Sourcebooks, Inc. |isbn=978-1-4642-1582-7 |language=en}}
- March to the Gallows (1964){{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Mary |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/March_to_the_Gallows/DOUnAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%22Mary%20Kelly%22%20writer%20%20crime |title=March to the Gallows |date=1965 |publisher=Holt, Rinehart and Winston |language=en}}
- The Dead Corse (1966)
- Write on Both Sides of the Paper (1969){{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Mary |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Write_on_Both_Sides_of_the_Paper/xZjon7aC5n0C?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%22Mary%20Kelly%22%20writer%20%20crime |title=Write on Both Sides of the Paper |date=1970 |publisher=London House & Maxwell |isbn=978-0-8277-0340-7 |language=en}}
- The Twenty-Fifth Hour (1971){{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Mary |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Twenty_fifth_Hour/8LQqmOKmft0C?hl=en |title=The Twenty-fifth Hour |date=1972 |publisher=Walker |isbn=978-0-8027-5242-0 |language=en}}
- That Girl in the Alley (1974)
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Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:English crime fiction writers
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