Jim Kelly

Jim Kelly was born in London in 1957, the son of a Scotland Yard detective. He went to Sheffield University and then into provincial newspapers before moving to the Financial Times, where he became Education Correspondent. In 1985 he was a press fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge. His first novel, The Water Clock, published in 2001 by Penguin, was short-listed for the John Creasey Award, given by the Crime Writers' Association for best debut crime novel. In 2002 he left the Financial Times to write full-time. Four more crime novels in the series, set in the Black Fens around Ely, followed - The Fire Baby, The Moon Tunnel, The Coldest Blood and The Skeleton Man. In 2006 he won the CWA's Dagger in the Library, in recognition of the popularity of the series. He began a second series in 2009 with Death Wore White, set on the north Norfolk coast, followed by Death Watch. He lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire, with his partner Midge Gillies, a writer, and lecturer in creative non-fiction.