Kate Sedley

Brenda Margaret Lilian Honeyman Clarke
Born	30 July 1926[1] Bristol
Pen name	Kate Sedley Brenda Honeyman
Language	English
Nationality	United Kingdom
Alma mater	Cambridge University[1]
Genre	Historical crime novels
Spouse	Ronald John Clarke

Kate Sedley is the pen-name of Brenda Margaret Lilian Honeyman Clarke, an English historical novelist.^[2] She was born in Bristol in 1926 and educated at The Red Maids' School, Westbury-on-Trym. She is married and has a son and a daughter, and three grandchildren. Her medieval historical whodunnits feature Roger the Chapman, who has given up a monk's cell for the freedom of peddling his wares on the road.

Roger the Chapman series

Set in England in the 15th century

1. Death and the Chapman (1991)
2. The Plymouth Cloak (1992)
3. The Hanged Man aka The Weaver's Tale (1993)
4. The Holy Innocents (1994)
5. The Eve of Saint Hyacinth (1995)
6. The Wicked Winter (1995)
7. The Brothers of Glastonbury (1997)
8. The Weaver's Inheritance (1998)
9. The Saint John's Fern (1999)
10. The Goldsmith's Daughter (2001)
11. The Lammas Feast (2002)
12. Nine Men Dancing (2003)
13. The Midsummer Rose (2004)
14. The Burgundian's Tale (2005)
15. Prodigal Son (2006)
16. The Three Kings of Cologne (2007)
17. The Green Man (2008)
18. The Dance of Death (2009)
19. The Wheel of Fate (2010)
20. The Midsummer Crown (2011)
21. The Tintern Treasure (2012)
22. The Christmas Wassail (2013)

As Brenda Honeyman

• The Kingmaker (1969)
• Richmond and Elizabeth (1970)
• Brother Bedford (1972)
• Good Duke Humphrey (1973)
• The King's Minions (1974)
• The Queen and Mortimer (1974)
• Edward the Warrior (1975)
• All the King's Sons (1976)
• Golden Griffin (1976)
• At the King's Court (1977)
• The King's Tale (1977)
• Macbeth, King of Scots (1977)
• Emma, the Queen (1978)
• Harold of the English (1979)

As Brenda Clarke

• Glass Island (1978)
• The Lofty Banners (1979)
• Far Morning (1982)
• All Through the Day (1983)
• A Rose in May (1984)
• Three Women (1985)
• Winter Landscape (1986)
• Under Heaven (1988)
• Equal Chance (1989)
• Sisters and Lovers (1990)
• Beyond the World (1991)
• Riches of the Heart (1991)
• A Durable Fire (1993)
• Sweet Auburn (1995)
• Richard Plantagenet (1997)
• Last of the Barons (1998)
• The Warrior King (1998)
• A Royal Alliance (1998)

Novels

• For King and Country (2006)

References

1. Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series.
2. Philips, Helen (December 17, 2001). "Impostor or not and tragedy resurrected". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. 4B. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

External links

• Sedley short biography at Fantastic Fiction
• Sedley at Macmillan