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Character · Pendergast · 7 books

Nora Kelly

Archaeologist · Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Nora Kelly is an archaeologist.

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Character facts

First appearance
Thunderhead (1999)
Latest appearance
Dead Mountain (2023)
Books
7 (5 as lead, 1 major, 1 minor)
Series
Pendergast, Nora Kelly
Author
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Circle
Pendergast

Where to meet Nora Kelly

Nora Kelly first appears in Thunderhead (1999), as the lead.

Buy Thunderhead

Every book with Nora Kelly

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1999LThunderheadleadBuy
  2. 2002MThe Cabinet of Curiositiesmajor role · PendergastBuy
  3. 2009·Cemetery Danceminor role · PendergastBuy
  4. 2019LOld Boneslead · Nora KellyBuy
  5. 2021LThe Scorpion's Taillead · Nora KellyBuy
  6. 2022LDiablo Mesalead · Nora KellyBuy
  7. 2023LDead Mountainlead · Nora KellyBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Skip KellyNora's brother5
Corrie SwansonKansas teenager who becomes an FBI agent4
Aloysius PendergastEnigmatic FBI special agent from New Orleans2
Bill SmithbackJournalist2
Constance GreenePendergast's mysterious ward2