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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]
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