Jim Kelly (author)
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Jim Kelly is an author
and journalist
. Kelly won the Crime Writers Association Dagger in the Library
award in 2006.
As of 2011, Kelly has written eight crime
novels, including the award-winning The Water Clock, featuring fictional journalist Philip Dryden, based in the Cambridgeshire
area of Great Britain. His new series, based on Detective Inspector Peter Shaw, is based on the North Norfolk coast and in the port of Lynn.
He lives with the biographer Midge Gillies
and they have a daughter together.
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
. Kelly won the Crime Writers Association Dagger in the Library
Dagger in the Library
The Dagger in the Library is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association to a particular author. The award is given to a "living author who has given the most pleasure to readers". Yearly shortlists are drawn up from submissions by libraries across United Kingdom, and the final...
award in 2006.
As of 2011, Kelly has written eight crime
Crime
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
novels, including the award-winning The Water Clock, featuring fictional journalist Philip Dryden, based in the Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
area of Great Britain. His new series, based on Detective Inspector Peter Shaw, is based on the North Norfolk coast and in the port of Lynn.
He lives with the biographer Midge Gillies
Midge Gillies
Midge Gillies is a British journalist and biographer. Educated at Girton College, Cambridge, she has written extensively for newspapers including The Guardian and the Los Angeles Times and is the author of seven books, including biographies of the British music hall star Marie Lloyd and the pioneer...
and they have a daughter together.