Kate Sedley

Brenda Margaret Lilian Clarke (née Honeyman, 30 July 1926 – 28 February 2022), better known by the pen-name of Kate Sedley, was an English historical novelist.

She was born in Bristol in 1926 and educated at The Red Maids' School, Westbury-on-Trym. She was married and had 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. Sedley died on 28 February 2022, at the age of 95. Provided by Wikipedia