Jocelyn Kelley
Pseudonym for Jo Ann Ferguson.
http://jocelynkelley.com/
In spite of being raised to play well with others, Jocelyn
Kelley has always believed every woman needs to kick some
butt sometimes. She learned this in third grade when the
boys played soldiers and tried to relegate her to a
non-combatant role. Soon she was taking the hill (or at
least the playground tree) with them. Her assumption that
women could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with men continued
when she was offered a Direct Commission to the US Army and
served as the first and only woman in her unit.
Jocelyn's been writing "stories" all her life, and, when she
decided to write for publication, she decided she wanted to
write what she read—historical romance. Why
historicals? She explains it as, "I want my heroine to be
able to pick up a weapon and use it without having to fill
out reams of paperwork as she would in contemporary times.
She might not use that weapon, but I want to give her the
option to do so." In other words, a kick-butt heroine.
She found the kick-butt heroines she wanted to write with
The Ladies of St. Jude's Abbey series that came to life in
her mind while she was walking through Times Square in NYC
and trying to devise an idea to share with her agent for a
project. Since then, she's had a great time learning about
medieval weapons and more about self-defense. She's been
instructed by a fight choreographer who has worked for
projects in Hollywood and on Broadway and recently attended
the British School of Falconry to learn about handling
hunting hawks.
In her non-writing life, Jocelyn loves to play chess and
enjoys music. She was a soloist with a local group of Up
With People, but limits her singing now to when nobody else
is around.
She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and three children.
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Books
Lost in Shadow
July 3, 2007
Her dear father died before convincing people of the
existence of ghosts, so Jade Nethercott and her sisters set
out to prove him right. Meanwhile, a ghost named Renshaw
reveals to Jade his Read more...
Lost In Shadow
July 1, 2007
My Lady Knight
January 2, 2007
Isabella de Montfort's talents lie not in the knightly arts,
but in science and alchemy. So she's surprised when Queen
Eleanor assigns her the task of retrieving something that
could start a war—aided Read more...
A Moonlight Knight
May 2, 2006
She has ventured from St. Jude's Abbey to defend the
Queen—but her heart is left unguarded...
In 12th-century England, St. Jude's Abbey is no ordinary
sanctuary of prayer and ritual. It was established Read more...
One Knight Stands
October 4, 2005
She was trained at St. Jude's Abbey in the knightly
arts—but her heart has no such defenses...
In twelfth-century England, St. Jude's Abbey is no ordinary
sanctuary of prayer and ritual. Established by Read more...
A Knight Like No Other
March 1, 2005
In twelfth-century England, St. Jude's Abbey is no
ordinary sanctuary of prayer and ritual. Established by
Eleanor of Aquitaine it trains young women in the knightly
arts, as well as Read more...
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