Felicity Riddy (born 7 June 1940)[1] is an academic, author and specialist in late-medieval English and Scottish literature.
She then joined the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York in 1988, becoming a Professor in 1991.
She was Director of the university's interdisciplinary Centre for Medieval Studies in the mid-1990s, became a Pro-Vice-Chancellor in 2000 and then Deputy Vice-Chancellor from 2002 until her retirement in 2007.
She has published widely on medieval women's writing, Arthurian romance, devotional literature and Older Scots poetry.
Notable students of Riddy include Kim Phillips, professor of history at the University of Auckland.