Susan E. Connolly Explained

Susan E. Connolly
Birth Name:	Susan E. Connolly
Birth Date:	c.1980
Birth Place:	Ireland
Occupation:	Writer
Nationality:	Irish

Susan E. Connolly is an Irish fiction and non-fiction writer who has worked in comics, screenwriting, short fiction and novels. In March 2021, Connolly was announced to be attached as the lead writer of Zom-B, a television series adaptation of the novel series of the same name by Darren Shan.^[1] In 2022, Connolly wrote two episodes of the six-part television crime drama Redemption.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Life and career

Connolly was born Susan Elizabeth Connolly in Ireland where she was educated and completed a degree in Veterinary Medicine and a diploma in Statistics at University College Dublin. She completed a PhD in St John's College, University of Cambridge, in the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit.^{[5] [6] [7]}

While in UCD Connolly worked as the Science & Technology Editor as well as the Comment & Opinion Editor for The University Observer, the university's award-winning student newspaper. Her first novel, Damsel, was published by Mercier Press in 2009 under the pen name S.E.Connolly, while her historical comic book, Gráinne O’Malley: Queen’s Gambit, was published by Atomic Diner in 2015. Connolly was the winner of the BBC’s Scriptroom 7. She was selected for European Writers Club 2022 – Boosting Ideas.^[8] Connolly has also had work published by Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons and The Center For Digital Ethics.^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}

Screenwriting

• Redemption (2022)

Bibliography

• Damsel (Mercier Press – 2009)
• Gráinne O’Malley: Queen’s Gambit (Atomic Diner – 2015)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Electric Shadow Company. The Electric Shadow Company. 18 March 2021. 18 March 2021.
2. Web site: ITV Press Centre Redemption Media Pack.
3. Web site: IMbB.com Redemption Episode #1.4.
4. Web site: IMbB.com Redemption Episode #1.5.
5. Web site: On reach, dissemination and engagement: shouldn’t people read the paper? . CMAJ Blogs . 3 November 2015.
6. Web site: An Comhrá / The Chat with Susan E Connolly - Dublin 2019 . Dublin 2019 . 26 April 2016.
7. News: Ryanair 'has no record' of writer told to go to Romania to pick up laptop left on plane at Stansted . Breaking News . 28 July 2016.
8. Web site: European Writers Club 2022 – Boosting Ideas: Meet the participants.
9. Book: Lisa Yaszek. Patrick B. Sharp. Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction. 7 June 2016. Wesleyan University Press. 978-0-8195-7625-5. 352–.
10. Web site: Daily Science Fiction :: 21st Century Dragonslayer's Lament by Susan E. Connolly . dailysciencefiction.com . en.
11. Web site: S. E. Connolly . Strange Horizons.
12. Web site: Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy . Clarkesworld Magazine.
13. News: Desk . Digital . Contrasting styles of descriptive debut BusinessPost.ie . www.businesspost.ie.
14. Web site: Periodicals, early July . Locus Online.
15. News: Ferguson’s 7 Questions With… Susan E. Connolly . www.irishcomicnews.dreamhosters.com.
16. Web site: Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy . Clarkesworld Magazine.