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 retired last year to write full time, focussing on historical fiction. 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 writing a gothic fantasy novella and is researching her next historical fiction novel.
Take a look at Ten Short Facts About Kelly Evans
Kelly’s work includes:
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 Aethelred’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 Mortecarni
THE YEAR IS 1348 AND THE BLACK DEATH IS RAVAGING ENGLAND.
For Brother Maurice, a monk and physician, the disease is the most terrifying he’s ever seen. But Maurice soon learns of an even more deadly threat: the exanimate Mortecarni. After his first unexpected encounter with the creatures, Maurice is pulled into a world of savagery and secrecy. As he travels across the country, investigating both the plague and the Mortecarni, Maurice questions how such unholy suffering is possible. When his own family is struck down, his beliefs falter. Can he regain his faith and save both England and himself?
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Revelation: The Mortecarni Part Two
The year is 1349. Both the Black Death and the mortecarni continue their devastating path of destruction across England. Brother Maurice has reason to believe he’s found a cure for the mortecarni until a new discovery suggests otherwise, sending the physician monk and his friends through Europe to Poland in a desperate race to end the undead menace once and for all.
Meeting an intriguing young healer leads to further revelations that offer hope for their quest. But time is short and, when tragedy strikes, Maurice faces a moral dilemma. Can he ignore the challenge to his calling caused by his new companion’s presence? And can he find the cure for the mortecarni before all is lost?
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More stuff:
Writing Historical Fiction or “Holy Cow, This is Harder Than it Looks”
Interview with Cedar Hollow Horror
Interview with Manuscripts Burn, for WiH 2018
Interview with Horror Writer Lindsey Goddard for WiH 2017
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!!
kelly congrats on great success. Please get Max to drop a line to his godfather. … we’ve all lost too many contacts which is daft in this dsy and age
Hey there! Max is sitting here with me, can you send your email? My contact details are on the contact page.
dglewsey@hotmail.co.uk
I wonder whatever happened to that crate of vintage port that Max was supposed to enjoy on or about his 21st birthday ?