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]

• The Shadow of King's (1986)
• My Sister's Keeper (1993)
• Bad Chemistry (1994)
• Old Wounds (1999)
• Hot Pursuit (2002),^[7] nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award in 2003^[8]

• Kelly, Nora (1973). Quest for a profession : the history of the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing.

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