Carla Kelly

Carla Sue Kelly (born 1947) is an American writer in the Regency romance genre. She is the author of over forty books and short stories.

Kelly is known for what she calls "dukeless" regencies, her stories often revolve around ordinary people solving their own problems. She also has a strong interest in the American West, which is reflected in her earliest published works and in her non-fiction. Since 2011, Kelly, who has a Mormon background, has written five historical romance novels that focus on the lives of young Mormon women: ''Borrowed Light'', ''Enduring Light'', ''My Loving Vigil Keeping'', ''Safe Passage'', and ''One Step Enough''.

Biography

Kelly was born in 1947 and is the daughter of a Navy offficer. She graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where she studied Latin American history. She completed a master's degree at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, in American history, with a focus on the Civil War and Indian Wars. Kelly lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho with her husband.

Writing career

Kelly began writing Regency Romances because of her interest in the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). A major theme in her books is how war touches the lives of ordinary people.

Kelly has also written a series of short stories about the men, women and children of Fort Laramie during the Indian Wars era of American history. In 2003 her entire collection of Indian War stories was re-published in ''Here's to the Ladies: Stories from the Frontier Army.'' Two of these stories ''A Season for Heroes'' and ''Kathleen Flaherty's Long Winter'' were awarded Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America.

Bibliography

Benedict Nesbitt series

* ''Libby's London Merchant'' (1991)
* ''One Good Turn'' (2001)

Channel Fleet trilogy

* ''Marrying the Captain'' (2009)
* ''The Surgeon's Lady'' (2009)
* ''Marrying the Royal Marine'' (2010)

Borrowed Light series

* ''Borrowed Light'' (2011)
* ''Enduring Light'' (2012)

Spanish Brand series

* ''Double Cross'' (2013)
* ''Marco and the Devil's Bargain'' (2014)
* ''Paloma and the Horse Traders'' (2015)
* ''The Star in the Meadow'' (2017)

Stand-alone novels

* ''Daughter of Fortune'' (1985)
* ''Summer Campaign'' (1989)
* ''Miss Chartley's Guided Tour'' (1989)
* ''Marian's Christmas Wish'' (1989)
* ''Mrs. McVinnie's London Season'' (1990)
* ''Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career'' (1992)
* ''Miss Billings Treads the Boards'' (1993)
* ''Miss Whittier Makes a List'' (1994)
* ''Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand'' (1994)
* ''Reforming Lord Ragsdale'' (1995)
* ''The Lady's Companion'' (1996)
* ''With This Ring'' (1997)
* ''Miss Milton Speaks Her Mind'' (1998)
* ''The Wedding Journey'' (2002)
* ''Beau Crusoe'' (2007)
* ''The Admiral's Penniless Bride'' (2010)
* ''Coming Home for Christmas'' (2011)
* ''Marriage of Mercy'' (2012)
* ''My Loving Vigil Keeping'' (2012)
* ''Her Hesitant Heart'' (2013)
* ''Safe Passage'' (2013)
* ''The Wedding Ring Quest'' (2014)
* ''Softly Falling'' (2014)
* ''Doing No Harm'' (2015)
* ''Courting Carrie in Wonderland'' (2017)
* ''The Unlikely Master Genius'' (2018)
* ''One Step Enough'' (2018)

Short stories

This list excludes articles written in her capacity of journalist or feature writer for various newspapers and magazines, primarily in North Dakota.
* ''A Season for Heroes.'' FAR West Magazine, 1978
* ''Kathleen Flaherty's Long Winter.'' FAR West Magazine, 1981
* ''Something New'' in ''Wedding Bouquet.'' Signet, 1996
* ''Make a Joyful Noise'' in ''A Regency Christmas Carol.'' Signet, 1997
* ''The Christmas Ornament'' in ''A Regency Christmas.'' Signet, 1998
* ''An Object of Charity'' in ''A Regency Christmas Present.'' Signet, 1999
* ''The Background Man'' in ''The Grand Hotel.'' Signet, 2000
* ''The Three Kings'' in ''The Regency Christmas II.'' Signet, 2000
* ''The Buffalo Carcass on the Company Sink: Sanitation at a Frontier Army Fort.'' North Dakota History: Journal of the Northern Plains. Vol. 69, 2002
* ''The Light Within'' in ''A Regency Valentine II.'' Signet, 2002
* ''No Room at the Inn'' in ''The Regency Christmas IX.'' Signet, 2002
* ''Here's to the Ladies: Stories of the Frontier Army.'' Texas Christian University Press, 2003
* ''Let Nothing You Dismay'' in ''Regency Christmas Wishes.'' Signet, 2003
* To Restore these Children': Fort Totten's Preventorium, 1935–1940.'' Northern Great Plains History Conference (2004: Bismarck, North Dakota)
* ''A Hasty Marriage'' in ''Wedding Belles.'' Signet, 2004
* ''On the Upper Missouri: The Journal of Rudolph Friedrich Kurz, 1851–1852.'' University of Oklahoma Press, 2005 (Editor)
* ''An Object of Charity'' in ''A Homespun Regency Christmas.'' Signet, 2008 Note: re-issue of short story published originally in ''A Regency Christmas Present.'' Signet, 1999
* "Christmas Promise" in "A Regency Christmas." Harlequin, October 2009
* ''Carla Kelly's Christmas Collection'' (Cedar Fort, Inc., from Signet reprints), October 2013
* ''In Love and War'' (Cedar Fort, Inc., from Signet reprints), November 2013
* ''Season's Regency Greetings: Two Christmas Novellas'', November 2014
* ''All Regency Collection'' (A Timeless Romance Anthology Book 10, January 2015)
* "Christmas Eve Proposal" in ''It Happened One Christmas'' (2015)
* "Christmas Dance with the Rancher" in ''Western Christmas Proposals'' (2016)
* ''For This We Are Soldiers: Tales of the Frontier Army'' (2016)
* ''A Season of Love'' (2017)
* "Captain Grey's Christmas Proposal" in ''Regency Christmas Wishes'' (2017)

References

External links

* Website
Carla Kelly, Author
* "Carla Kelly" (author profile). ''EHarlequin.com'

* "Interview with Carla Kelly". ''Risky Regencies Blog''. (4 March 2007

* "Interview with writer Carla Kelly". ''Purple Pens.com'' (February 2003)

''Regency Award Winners''
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American romantic fiction writers
RITA Award winners
Brigham Young University alumni
1947 births
Living people