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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1987
  • Latest Book:
    May 2019
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About the Author

Sheelagh Kelly was born in New York in 1948, but now lives with her husband in sub-tropical Queensland. She attended Knavesmire Secondary School for Girls, left at the age of 15 and went to work as a bookkeeper. She has written for pleasure since she was a small child, but not until 1980 were the seeds for her first novel, A Long Way From Heaven, sown when she developed an interest in geneology and local history and decided to trace her ancestors' story, thereby acquiring an abiding fasination with the quirks of human nature. A Long Way From Home was followed by For My Brothers Sins, Erin's Child, My Father, My Son, Dickie and Shoddy Prince, all of which were bestsellers.

Full Series List in Order

The Feeney Family Saga

1 - A Long Way from Heaven (Feb-1999)
2 - For My Brother's Sins (Feb-1999)
3 - Erin's Child (Jun-1987)
4 - Dickie (Jul-1999)

Kilmaster

1 - A Sense of Duty (Mar-2000)
2 - Family of the Empire (Jan-2002)
3 - A Different Kind of Love (Jan-2003)

Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • Family ties have united the Feeneys through famine and poverty, but can they withstand success?It is 1875 and the Feeneys have left the squalor of York’s slums behind them. Yet all is not well. Patrick remains a man of simple tastes, increasingly o...



  • A captivating tale of love that cannot be denied set in the tumultuous lead-up to the First World WarBright Maguire " poor, beautiful and kind " is the youngest member of a large Irish clan. Nat Prince is the illegitimate son of a prostitute, gro...



  • The warm-hearted and much-loved sequel to Shoddy Prince After twenty-two years’ estrangement, Bright Maguire and Nat Prince are joyously reunited and plan to start a new life in Australia. Their daughter Oriel isn’t thrilled by the return of her ...



  • One treacherous act turns a brother’s love into murderous rage…Summer, 1867: a sudden change in fortune promises to save the Feeneys from their life of poverty. But what will save the Feeney family from itself? Patrick and Thomasin Feeney and the...



  • From an author praised for her “genuinely perceptive portrayals of human relationships,” a historical family saga set during the Great Famine of Ireland (Irish Independent).One fateful morning in August 1846, Patrick Feeney surveys his ruine...



  • The Feeney family can’t escape their past... Richard Feeney’s family believed him dead. Instead, in 1874, Dickie secretly fled to America, where he prospered for 26 years. But now he’s back.Recriminations are soon forgotten as the family r...



  • A magnificent story of love and war for all who enjoy Catherine Cookson He survived the carnage of war. But it was bitter conflict on the home front that tore his life apart…After a year of fighting in the Boer War, Corporal Russ Hazelwood " miss...



  • There’s a high price to pay for happiness… The first in an extraordinary saga trilogy from bestseller Sheelagh Kelly While her brothers and sisters resign themselves to a life of drudgery, Katherine ‘Kit’ Kilmaster yearns for better things. W...



  • The second volume of bestselling author Sheelagh Kelly’s acclaimed Yorkshire trilogyProbyn Kilmaster wants more out of life than to follow his father down the pit. He has always admired his convention-defying Aunt Kit and, inspired by her, runs awa...






  •   When a veteran of the Great War returns to England, he and his daughters faces a terrible new struggle in this historical family saga. World War I is at its height and Regimental Sergeant Major Probyn Kilmaster is in France, training raw recru...



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  • A thrilling tale of love, war and one man's quest to reclaim his home " the great Viking city of JorvikBorn into a massacre, Viking Sigurd Einarsson is brought up in exile in Norway, filled with a consuming hatred for King Ethelred who butchered hi...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sheelagh Kelly has published 14 books.

Sheelagh Kelly does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Jorvik, was published in May 2019.

The first book by Sheelagh Kelly, Erin's Child, was published in June 1987.

Yes. Sheelagh Kelly has 2 series.