Born in Canada of Scottish extraction, Kelly graduated in History and English from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. After graduation Kelly moved to the UK where she worked in the financial sector. While in London she continued her studies in history, focussing on Medieval England and the Icelandic Sagas (with a smattering of Old Norse and Old English).
Kelly now lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband Max and two rescue cats (Bear and Wolf). She still works in the financial sector as a trade technology project manager. Her short stories have been published in numerous magazines and E-zines as well as a horror anthology, where her Fourteenth Century horror story was received with enthusiasm.
When not writing Kelly enjoys reading history books, silversmithing, playing oboe and medieval recorder, and watching really bad horror and old sci-fi movies. She is currently working on the second book in her Anglo-Saxon series, set in the years prior to the Norman invasion.
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The Northern Queen
St. Brice’s Day, England, 1002. At the order of King Aethelred, thousands of Danes are murdered in a frenzy of ethnic cleansing.
Outraged, the Danish King, Sweyn Forkbeard, swears he will take Aethedred’s head, and his crown. But Sweyn needs allies. Chief amongst his supporters is Aelfgifu, an English noblewoman and head of a once great family.
She has her own reasons to hate Aethelred, and as a pagan, she is sympathetic to the Danish cause. When Aelfgifu marries Sweyn’s son, Canute, war is inevitable.
But if Aethelred is weak, his Norman queen is not. And Emma will stop at nothing to destroy the woman at the heart of the Viking army.
Love, ambition and revenge combine in an epic struggle for justice during the most turbulent period in England’s history.
The Northern Queen is Kelly Evans’ first novel. Meticulously researched, the novel takes place in the early eleventh century and tells the story of Aelfgifu of Northampton, a woman lost to the pages of history. Until now.
Real people, real battles, real history.
The Northern Queen – Available Here: USA, Canada and United Kingdom
Hi Kelly, just wondered if there are plans to release your book for kindle? Or will it remain as a book?
(Will your book remain a book? Sounds stupid, but you know what I mean🙂 )
Hi Andy, yes, it will be out in kindle format, hopefully in a few weeks!
Okay, if I don’t spot it on the Nordland site will you let me know please. I’m fighting a losing battle with my wife to reduce books and save space! So I tend to get most fiction on my kindle. But your book does look cool, though.Congratulations.
Thank you, so does yours! There’ll def be an announcement of some sort, I’m getting good at this marketing thing!
Good practice for your next one. Will there be a next one? No-don’t tell me! I’ll read it myself🙂
Actually, you can’t tell from the current one but yes, I’m working on book two. It starts about a year after the current one.
Hi Andy, my book is now out on Kindle! http://goo.gl/1Zg4VW
Thank you Kelly, will order it on the UK site. Look forward to reading it!
Hi Kelly, just finished reading your book and loved it. Very impressed. Left a review on Goodreads and Amazon UK. Look forward to the next one.🙂
Thank you SO much, I’m glad you enjoyed it! And working on the next one!!