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Jo Zebedee
Born1971 (age 52–53)
OccupationNovelist
NationalityIrish
GenreScience fiction
fantasy

Jo Zebedee (born 1971), is a Northern Irish science fiction and fantasy writer, based in Carrickfergus near Belfast. She attended Victoria Primary School and Carrickfergus Grammar before completing a degree in English Literature. Zebedee has been chairperson for Women Aloud NI. Zebedee also works for her own management consultancy 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 CS Lewis festival. She was a guest for Titancon, the main Northern Ireland convention, and chair for the event in 2020. She's also been a guest of Octocon, Ireland's national convention. She is considered one of Ireland's top Science fiction and fantasy writers.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Bibliography

Series
Inheritance Trilogy
  • Abendau's Heir (2015)
  • Sunset Over Abendau (2016)
  • Abendau's Legacy (2016)
Novels
  • Inish Carraig (2015)
  • Waters and the Wild (2017)
Anthology
  • Flash! (2018)

References and sources

  1. ^ Fennell, Jack (2018-12-19). "Top 10 Irish science fiction authors". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  2. ^ "Young Adults In Belfast". Belfast Book Festival. 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  3. ^ Newsroom, The (2015-03-20). "Carrick author pens new sci-fi trilogy". Carrickfergus Times. Retrieved 2020-06-11. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Kerry McLean, Kerry McLean, Book Club Day!, Jo Zebedee on life as an author". BBC. 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  5. ^ "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. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  6. ^ "TitanCon Belfast". web.archive.org. 13 May 2020.