Naomi Kelsey is the winner of two Northern Writers’ Awards and of the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Competition 2021. Her fiction has been published in Mslexia magazine and shortlisted for several further awards including the Bridport Prize and the Bristol Prize.
She also writes book reviews for ‘On the Tudor Trail’. By day she is an English teacher in Newcastle, where she lives with her husband, their two children and their dog. The Burnings is her first novel.
Genres: Historical
New and upcoming books
Novels
Again (2020)
The Downline (2021)
In Plain View (2022)
The Burnings (2023)
The Darkening Globe (2025)
Pale Mistress (2026)
The Downline (2021)
In Plain View (2022)
The Burnings (2023)
The Darkening Globe (2025)
Pale Mistress (2026)
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Spellbound (2025)
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