Sheelagh Kelly is an author

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:...

 from York

York

York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...

. She attended Knavesmire Secondary School

Knavesmire Secondary School

Knavesmire Secondary School was a comprehensive school based in York, England from the 1960s to the 1980s. During the 1960s it was a girls only school. The building was located on Bishopthorpe Road next to York Racecourse, and is now The College of Law. The author Sheelagh Kelly attended the...

 during the period that it was an all girl's school. She worked as a book-keeper whilst bringing up her two daughters, and her interest in genealogy and a desire to trace her ancestors resulted in her first novel. Her novel's are historical, based in the city of York

York

York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...

, and range from Viking

Viking

The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...

times to the 19th century.

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