When will we meet Andy's family? Soon -- when Meg does FAQ |
When are Andy and Meg getting married? By the end of A Fear of Seaside Heights Andy and Meg have known each other for a little over a year. Neither of them is in a rush to get married. The topic hasn't even been discussed and probably won't be in the near future. FAQ |
Where did Meg get her name? Meg Daniels is named after Margaret Hannas, who was the Kelly's next door neighbor and friend for years. Margaret died shortly before the book was finished. To see a picture of her husband John click here. Meg's last name came from a co-worker, John Daniel -- no "S" -- simply because Jane liked the name. John, a handsome young African-American, would like to see himself as a character not just as a namesake. Jane is working on it. FAQ |
Are George and Claude based on real people? Unfortunately, no. If there were such a couple Jane would want to hang out with them quite a bit. The proprietors of the Cape Mayhem b&b are popular characters and there has been demand to see them again in future books. FAQ |
Can I stay at the Parsonage B&B? Not in Cape May. The bed and breakfast that is the setting for Cape Mayhem is fictional. The name was appropriated from a inn run by a friend of Jane' s. Pam and Julian Beresford-Smith run a small fB&B on St. Agnes one of the Scilly (yes pronounced silly) Isles off the southwest tip of England. St. Agnes boasts a population of about sixty permanent residents. Jane spent one of the best months of her life on St. Agnes finishing Cape Mayhem. Finding it the perfect place to write, he's revisited the island for two more months. FAQ |
Is Meg Daniels really Jane Kelly? Jane wishes. She's been asked to calculate a percentage and has come up the number 35%. Like all authors, the other 65% is smarter, prettier, taller, thinner etc. Plus, Meg is aging much more slowly than Jane. She's only had one birthday since 1998. FAQ |
Why are her books set in New Jersey? When Jane Kelly was a child her mother cautioned her never to own a summer home. She gave two reasons: One, you feel obligated to use the house and won't get to see the world. Two, (assuming Jane would be a housewife), everyone else gets a vacation. You move your job. Mrs. Kelly's reluctance to spend summers at the shore during Jane's childhood (she'd spent a dozen or so with the older children) positioned her daughter to write murder mysteries set up and down the Jersey coast. Why? Jane became a professional friend. Remember when you were a kid, your mother said you could bring "a friend." Very often, Jane Kelly was that friend. Not only did she visit a variety of towns, she even visited a variety of neighborhoods within those towns. These are the setting for her stories. And there is one more factor. Her publisher is based in New Jersey. FAQ |
Is this is the same Jane Kelly who: - Grew up on Tulpehocken Street in Philadelphia - Went to St. Athanasius - Graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy - Got a BA from Chestnut Hill College - Received an MS from Drexel' University's School of Information Studies - Is the daughter of Mary and Dick Kelly - Is the sister of Rosemary Henderson and Rick Kelly - Is the grandaughter of Richard and Rose O'Mullen Kelly and John and Jean McDonald Bennis - Worked at Prudential in Fort Washington - Lived in Scottsdale Arizona in the seventies - Took film courses at Boston University - Studied Japanese at the Harvard Extension - Studied more Japanese and Italian at NYU's SCE - Worked as a temp in many companies in Philadelphia including WIP and the Philadelphia Inquirer - Worked in the information industry for twenty years (Disclosure, BRS, Cambridge and NewsBank) - Was chair of the ITE Division of SLA in 1986-87 - Conducted Quantum seminars for Dialog - Lived in DC in the early eighties - Lived near Gramercy Park in the mid-eighties - Lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in the late eighties - Spent a year in Chicago in the mid-nineties - Lived in Boston twice: once in the seventies and once at the turn of the century Answer: Yes FAQ |
About Jane Kelly |
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Is this is the same Jane Kelly who: - Grew up on Tulpehocken Street in Philadelphia - Went to St. Athanasius - Graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy - Got a BA from Chestnut Hill College - Received an MS from Drexel' University's School of Information Studies - Is the daughter of Mary and Dick Kelly - Is the sister of Rosemary Henderson and Rick Kelly - Is the grandaughter of Richard and Rose O'Mullen Kelly and John and Jean McDonald Bennis - Worked at Prudential in Fort Washington - Lived in Scottsdale Arizona in the seventies - Took film courses at Boston University - Studied Japanese at the Harvard Extension - Studied more Japanese and Italian at NYU's SCE - Worked as a temp in many companies in Philadelphia including WIP and the Philadelphia Inquirer - Worked in the information industry for twenty years (Disclosure, BRS, Cambridge and NewsBank) - Was chair of the ITE Division of SLA in 1986-87 - Conducted Quantum seminars for Dialog - Lived in DC in the early eighties - Lived near Gramercy Park in the mid-eighties - Lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in the late eighties - Spent a year in Chicago in the mid-nineties - Lived in Boston twice: once in the seventies and once at the turn of the century Answer: Yes FAQ |
Why are her books set in New Jersey? When Jane Kelly was a child her mother cautioned her never to own a summer home. She gave two reasons: One, you feel obligated to use the house and won't get to see the world. Two, (assuming Jane would be a housewife), everyone else gets a vacation. You move your job. Mrs. Kelly's reluctance to spend summers at the shore during Jane's childhood (she'd spent a dozen or so with the older children) positioned her daughter to write murder mysteries set up and down the Jersey coast. Why? Jane became a professional friend. Remember when you were a kid, your mother said you could bring "a friend." Very often, Jane Kelly was that friend. Not only did she visit a variety of towns, she even visited a variety of neighborhoods within those towns. These are the setting for her stories. And there is one more factor. Her publisher is based in New Jersey. FAQ |
Cape Mayhem |
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Is Meg Daniels really Jane Kelly? Jane wishes. She's been asked to calculate a percentage and has come up the number 35%. Like all authors, the other 65% is smarter, prettier, taller, thinner etc. Plus, Meg is aging much more slowly than Jane. She's only had one birthday since 1998. FAQ |
Can I stay at the Parsonage B&B? Not in Cape May. The bed and breakfast that is the setting for Cape Mayhem is fictional. The name was appropriated from a inn run by a friend of Jane' s. Pam and Julian Beresford-Smith run a small fB&B on St. Agnes one of the Scilly (yes pronounced silly) Isles off the southwest tip of England. St. Agnes boasts a population of about sixty permanent residents. Jane spent one of the best months of her life on St. Agnes finishing Cape Mayhem. Finding it the perfect place to write, he's revisited the island for two more months. FAQ |
Are George and Claude based on real people? Unfortunately, no. If there were such a couple Jane would want to hang out with them quite a bit. The proprietors of the Cape Mayhem b&b are popular characters and there has been demand to see them again in future books. FAQ |
Killing Time in Ocean City |
Where did Meg get her name? Meg Daniels is named after Margaret Hannas, who was the Kelly's next door neighbor and friend for years. Margaret died shortly before the book was finished. To see a picture of her husband John click here. Meg's last name came from a co-worker, John Daniel -- no "S" -- simply because Jane liked the name. John, a handsome young African-American, would like to see himself as a character not just as a namesake. Jane is working on it. FAQ |
Author of the Meg Daniels mysteries |
When are Andy and Meg getting married? By the end of A Fear of Seaside Heights Andy and Meg have known each other for a little over a year. Neither of them is in a rush to get married. The topic hasn't even been discussed and probably won't be in the near future. FAQ |
When will we meet Andy's family? Soon -- when Meg does FAQ |
