Nora Kelly (writer)

{{short description|American-born Canadian writer (born 1945)}}

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

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.{{cite web |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/downloads/cdm_pdfs/ubcreports_1.0117206.pdf |title=Offbeat |page=3 |work=UBC Reports |date=April 8, 1993}} Kelly also studied at the University of Cambridge.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5qLXqaQriDgC&pg=PA22 |title=Investigating Women: Female Detectives by Canadian Writers : an Eclectic Sampler |page=22 |last=Skene-Melvin |first=David |year=1995 |publisher=Dundurn |isbn=0889242690}}

She received the Arthur Ellis Award in 1999 for her novel Old Wounds,{{cite web |url=https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/explore/show/award/66477_arthur_ellis_award?distinction_year=1999 |title=Arthur Ellis Award |year=1999 |publisher=New Westminster Public Library}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=2978 |title=Kelly, Nora |work=ABC BookWorld}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://strathcona-residents.org/content/sra-news-16-may-2010 |title=SRA news |publisher=Strathcona Residents' Association |date=May 16, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://cityoperavancouver.com/emperor/production-team-bios |title=Production Team Bios |work=The Emperor of Atlantis |publisher=City Opera Vancouver}}