![]() ![]() He later followed with the sequel Vengeance of The Black Donnellys, a fictionalized account of the vengeful vendetta undertaken by Francis Donnelly, one of the surviving members of the family on those responsible for the massacre of his parents and siblings. ![]() He is most noted for his account of the Donnelly tragedy in The Black Donnellys. Kelley claimed that when he began a novel he had no idea how it would end, and had used 30 pseudonyms. Kelley claimed to be ‘king of the Canadian pulp writers’ and ‘the fastest author in the East’. He was the author of some two-dozen paperback books, largely of the true-crime variety. He wrote many stories for Uncanny Tales, a Canadian pulp magazine. In 1937 he began his prolific pulp writing career, with a sale to Weird Tales. He journeyed with his father's medicine show until 1931, then boxed professionally. (John Lawrence Monahon) and English-born Nellie Burgess. Kelley was born in Hastings, Ontario, the son of Thomas Patrick Kelley Sr. ![]() (6 April 1905 – 14 February 1982) was a Canadian writer notable for two books on the infamous Black Donnellys of Lucan, Ontario. Kelley's novel I Found Cleopatra was serialized in Weird Tales ![]()
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