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. She died on 28 February 2022, at the age of 95.

Roger the Chapman series
Set in 15th-century Great Britain:
 * 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)
 * Harry the King (1971) aka The Warrior King as Brenda Clarke
 * 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)
 * The 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) aka Harry the King as Brenda Honeyman
 * A Royal Alliance (1998)

Novels

 * For King and Country (2006)