{{short description|British author of crime fiction|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Kate Ellis''' is a British author of crime fiction,<ref>[http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=The_Shroud_Maker_by_Kate_Ellis "The Shroud Maker by Kate Ellis"]. ''The Book Bag''.</ref> best known for a series of detective novels, which blends history with mystery, featuring policeman Wesley Peterson.
Ellis' first novel, ''Merchant's House'', published in 1998,<ref name="Fantastic Fiction - Kate Ellis">{{cite web|title=Fanstastic Fiction - Kate Ellis|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/e/kate-ellis/|work=Fantastic Fiction - Kate Ellis}}</ref> received positive reviews and was chosen as one of the ten best summer reads by ''Woman's Weekly''. She has since written 25 more novels in this series, many to critical acclaim.<ref>[http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/bone-garden "THE BONE GARDEN"]. ''RT Reviews''.</ref><ref>[http://mvac.uwlax.edu/book-review/the-shadow-collector/ "The Shadow Collector by Kate Ellis"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326053606/http://mvac.uwlax.edu/book-review/the-shadow-collector/ |date=2015-03-26 }}. ''Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center'', October 1, 2013</ref>
Ellis has also the written five novels set in Yorkshire as part of the Joe Plantagenet series<ref name=seeking>[http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com/review.html?id=7868 SEEKING THE DEAD, by Kate Ellis]. ''Reviewing the Evidence''.</ref> and an historical crime novel, ''The Devil's Priest'', which is set in 16th century Liverpool.<ref name="The Devil's Priest">{{cite web|title=The Devil's Priest|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Devils-Priest-ebook/dp/B005KMVEAS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329251023&sr=8-1|work=The Devil's Priest on Kindle}}</ref> More recently, ''A High Mortality of Doves,'' ''The Boy Who Lived With The Dead'' and ''The House of the Hanged Woman'' comprised a trilogy set in the aftermath of the First World War, featuring DI Albert Lincoln.
She was elected a member of The Detection Club in 2014 and is a member of the Crime Writers Association.<ref>{{cite web|title=CWA - shortlisted authors|url=http://thecwa.co.uk/les-inconnus/|website=Crime Writers' Association|accessdate=20 May 2015}}</ref>
Ellis was the winner of the ''CWA Dagger in the Library'' Award 2019
== Novels == ;Featuring Wesley Peterson * ''The Merchant's House'', 1998<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-20562-1 Fiction Book Review: The Merchant's House by Kate Ellis, Author Thomas Dunne Books $22.95 (256p)] {{ISBN|978-0-312-20562-1}}. ''Publishers Weekly''</ref> * ''The Armada Boy'', 1999 * ''An Unhallowed Grave'', 1999 * ''The Funeral Boat'', 2000 * ''The Bone Garden'', 2001<ref>[http://www.eurocrime.co.uk/reviews/The_Bone_Garden.html " Reviews: Ellis, Kate - 'The Bone Garden'"] ''Eurocrime''</ref> * ''A Painted Doom'', 2002 * ''The Skeleton Room'', 2003 * ''The Plague Maiden'', 2004 * ''A Cursed Inheritance'', 2005 * ''The Marriage Hearse'', 2006 * ''The Shining Skull'', 2007 * ''The Blood Pit'', 2008<ref>[http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac/newsreviews/bookreview/BloodPit.htm "The Blood Pit by Kate Ellis"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927120344/http://www.uwlax.edu/MVAC/NewsReviews/BookReview/BloodPit.htm |date=2013-09-27 }}. Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center. January 2009</ref> * ''A Perfect Death'', 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reactionstoreading.com/2011/01/19/review-a-perfect-death-by-kate-ellis/|title=Review: A Perfect Death by Kate Ellis|last=bernadetteinoz|date=19 January 2011|publisher=}}</ref> * ''The Flesh Tailor'', 2010 * ''The Jackal Man'', 2011<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/aug/12/jackal-man-kate-ellis-review "The Jackal Man by Kate Ellis – review"] by Joanna Hines ''The Guardian'', 12 August 2011</ref> * ''The Cadaver Game'', 2012<ref>[http://www.wigantoday.net/news/book-review-the-cadaver-game-by-kate-ellis-1-4850361 "Book review: The Cadaver Game by Kate Ellis"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330065310/http://www.wigantoday.net/news/book-review-the-cadaver-game-by-kate-ellis-1-4850361 |date=2013-03-30 }} ''Wigan Today'' by Pam Norfolk</ref> * ''The Shadow Collector'', 2013 * ''The Shroud Maker'', 2014 * ''The Death Season'', 2015 * ''The House of Eyes'', 2016 * ''The Mermaid's Scream'', 2017 *''The Mechanical Devil'', 2018 *''Dead Man's Lane'', 2019 *''The Burial Circle'', 2020 *''The Stone Chamber'', 2021 *''Serpent’s Point'', 2022 *''The Killing Place'', 2023 *''Coffin Island'', 2024 *''Deadly Remains'', 2025
;Featuring Joe Plantagenet * ''Seeking the Dead'', 2008<ref name=seeking /> * ''Playing with Bones'', 2009 * ''Kissing the Demons'', 2011 * ''Watching the Ghosts'', 2012 * ''Walking by Night'', 2015 * ''Killing in the Shadows'', 2026<ref>{{cite web|title=Kate Ellis books in order|url=http://www.bookseriesinorder.com/kate-ellis/|website=Book Series in Order|accessdate=16 March 2026}}</ref>
;Others * ''The Devil's Priest'', 2006 (historical novel)<ref name="The Devil's Priest"/> * ''A High Mortality of Doves'' (the first of the Albert Lincoln trilogy), 2016 *''The Boy Who Lived With The Dead'' (the second of the Albert Lincoln trilogy)'', 2018'' *''The House of the Hanged Woman'' (the third of the Albert Lincoln trilogy), 2020
== References == {{Reflist}} * {{cite web |url =http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1649574800&source=Bookmark&u=larg35518&jsid=9cc2979251926000d4cd73132cf67e6e |title =Kate Ellis |last = |first = |date =June 7, 2013 |website =Biography in Context. Gale. |id = GALE K1649574800 |publisher =The Writers Directory. Detroit: St. James Press, 2013 |accessdate =December 31, 2013 }} * {{cite web |url =http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000147618&source=Bookmark&u=larg35518&jsid=55222df390aa24abf0e9381291b10c6a |title ="Kate Ellis." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit |last = |first = |date = |website =Biography in Context. |id = GALE H1000147618 |publisher =Gale, Cengage Learning. |accessdate =December 31, 2013 }}
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