Jo Zebedee Explained

Jo Zebedee
Occupation:Novelist
Nationality:Irish

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.[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

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

Inheritance Trilogy
Novels
Anthology
Contributor

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fennell . Jack . Top 10 Irish science fiction authors . The Guardian . 2018-12-19 . 2020-06-11.
  2. Web site: Young Adults In Belfast . Belfast Book Festival . 2018-06-09 . 2020-06-11.
  3. Web site: 2015-03-20. Carrick author pens new sci-fi trilogy. 2020-06-11. Carrickfergus Times.
  4. Web site: 2017-07-18. Jo Zebedee on life as an author. 2020-06-11. BBC.
  5. Web site: 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 . 2017-01-03 . 2020-06-11.
  6. Web site: TitanCon Belfast . 13 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200513102723/https://titancon.com/ . 2020-05-13 .
  7. https://www.sffchronicles.com/threads/560269/ SFF Chronicles website, Review: Inish Carraig by Jo Zebedee, by Brian G Turner dated June 25, 2015
  8. https://www.inspired-quill.com/jo-zebedee Inspired Quill website, Jo Zebedee
  9. https://www.stran.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/LLL-Programme-2019-20-FINAL.pdf Stranmillis University College Belfast website, 2019-2020 Courses and Workshops, page 39
  10. https://titancon.com/committee TitanCon website
  11. https://www.pinocchiomagazine.com/on-a-spaceship-to-belfast-with-jo-zebedee/ Pinocchio Magazine, On a Spaceship to Belfast with Jo Zebedee, article by Chiara Liberio dated August 26, 2021
  12. https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/people/carrickfergus-author-jo-zebedee-planning-sequel-to-inish-carraig-after-securing-arts-council-funding-4488868 Northern Ireland World website, article by Helena McManus dated January 23, 2024
  13. https://booksirelandmagazine.com/the-secret-bookshelf-a-haven-half-a-minute-from-the-sea/ Books Ireland website, The Secret Bookshelf - a haven, half a minute from the sea
  14. https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/belfast-telegraph/20240313/281715504589564 PressReader website, The Secret's Out ..., article by Kurtis Reid dated 13 March 2024, published in the Belfast Telegraph
  15. https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/people/the-secret-bookshelf-carrickfergus-retailer-scoops-independent-bookshop-of-the-year-award-4552168 Northern Ireland World website, The Secret Bookshelf: Carrickfergus Retailer Scoops Independent Bookshop of the Year Award, article written Helena McManus dated 13 March 2024
  16. https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/13696082.Jo_Zebedee GoodReads website, Books by Jo Zebedee

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