Author: Ellinor J. Kelly
Author: Ellinor J. Kelly (1824–1893)
Biography: Ellinor Josephine Kelly was born around 1824 in Dublin, the eldest daughter of Royal Navy officer Richard Nugent Kelly (died 1861) and his wife Eliza. Her father was also the author of a narrative poem and a novel De Renzey (1821). Her early life cannot be traced, but by 1861 she lived with her parents in England. She worked as a governess and for St. Andrew's Waterside Mission before becoming a schoolmistress in Somerset with her sisters. At the same time, she began writing poetry, novels for young adult readers, and one three-volume novel Alice Ferrar (1865). Interestingly, the novelist Matilda Pollard and her sisters lived with Kelly in the 1871 census. She never married and died on 25 December 1893 in Combe Down.
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References: British Census (1861, 1871, 1881, 1891); London Evening Standard (1 Janaury 1894); Probate; Reilly
Fiction Titles:
- Francis's Pocket Money. 1 vol. London: John Morgan, 1864.
- Alice Ferrar: A Novel. 3 vol. London: T. C. Newby, 1865.
- Ewin Lloyd: or, How We All Get On. 1 vol. London: John Morgan, 1865.
- Fetching and Keeping. 1 vol. London: S. P. C. K., 1866.
- Fred's Fresh Start: and What he did by Moral Courage. 1 vol. London: Book Society, 1870.
- The Two Recruits. 1 vol. London: S. P. C. K., 1871.
- Miss Harding's Looking-Glass, and What was Seen in It: or, A Week in the Life of a British Workman. 1 vol. London: R. T. S., 1881.