Jo Zebedee
Jo Zebedee | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Irish |
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Jo Zebedee (born 1971), is a Northern Irish science fiction and fantasy writer, based in Carrickfergus near Belfast.
She is considered one of Ireland's top Science fiction and fantasy writers.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Her novels are often set in Northern Ireland.[5][7][8]
Zebedee attended Victoria Primary School and Carrickfergus Grammar School before completing a degree in English Literature. She has been chairperson for Women Aloud NI. She has taught at Stranmillis College[9] and for the Crescent Arts Centre where she runs creative writing classes. She is also a mentor with the Irish Writers' Centre. Zebedee was a guest of the Belfast Book festival and the C. S. Lewis festival. She was a guest for Titancon, the main Northern Ireland convention, and chair for the event in 2020.[10] She's also been a guest of Octocon, Ireland's national convention. Zebedee also works for her own management consultancy.
Zebedee founded OtherworldsNI, a group for speculative fiction writers.[11]
In 2024, she was awarded Arts Council Funding; she plans to write a sequel to Irish Carraig.[12]
Bookshop
[edit]Zebedee and her husband run a bookshop in Carrickfergus.[13] In March 2024, the shop won the British Book Award for Independent Bookshop of the Year for the Island of Ireland.[14][15]
Bibliography
[edit]- Inheritance Trilogy
- Abendau's Heir (2015)
- Sunset Over Abendau (2016)
- Abendau's Legacy (2016)
- Novels
- Inish Carraig (2015)
- Waters and the Wild (2017)
- The Wildest Hunt (2021)
- Into a Blood-Red sky (2022)
- Anthology
- Flash! (2018)
- Contributor
- Ghosts in the Glass & Other Stories (Belfast Writers' Group Book #1) (2012) with Lynda Collins), Philip Henry and M. Rush
- Creatures & Curiosities (Belfast Writers' Group Book #2) (2017) with Lynda Collins, Kerry Buchanan, James Samuel McKay, Holly Ferres, Christopher Cousins, David Doherty-Jebb, Ellie Rose McKee, Kevin Connolly, Valerie Christie, Erin Burnett, M. Rush and Cathy Reilly
- The Last City (2018) with Robert M. Campbell, Juliana Spink Mills and Nathan Hystad
- Habworld 2420: TOME (2019) with Scott Jackson and Turlough Lavery
- Distaff: A Science Fiction Anthology by female authors (2019) with Rosie Oliver, Sam Primeau and Jane O’Reilly
- Femmes-Fae Tales: A Fantasy Anthology by Female Authors (2023) with Damaris Browne, E J Tett and Susan Boulton[16]
References and sources
[edit]- ^ Fennell, Jack (19 December 2018). "Top 10 Irish science fiction authors". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Young Adults In Belfast". Belfast Book Festival. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Carrick author pens new sci-fi trilogy". Carrickfergus Times. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Jo Zebedee on life as an author". BBC. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Meet the corporate high-flyer who cut back on long hours and constant travel for a better quality of life - writing science fiction books". Belfast Telegraph. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "TitanCon Belfast". 13 May 2020. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020.
- ^ SFF Chronicles website, Review: Inish Carraig by Jo Zebedee, by Brian G Turner dated June 25, 2015
- ^ Inspired Quill website, Jo Zebedee
- ^ Stranmillis University College Belfast website, 2019-2020 Courses and Workshops, page 39
- ^ TitanCon website
- ^ Pinocchio Magazine, On a Spaceship to Belfast with Jo Zebedee, article by Chiara Liberio dated August 26, 2021
- ^ Northern Ireland World website, article by Helena McManus dated January 23, 2024
- ^ Books Ireland website, The Secret Bookshelf - a haven, half a minute from the sea
- ^ PressReader website, The Secret's Out ..., article by Kurtis Reid dated 13 March 2024, published in the Belfast Telegraph
- ^ Northern Ireland World website, The Secret Bookshelf: Carrickfergus Retailer Scoops Independent Bookshop of the Year Award, article written Helena McManus dated 13 March 2024
- ^ GoodReads website, Books by Jo Zebedee