RB Kelly

RB Kelly (born 1979) is a Northern Irish science fiction writer from Belfast. Her debut novel Edge of Heaven was a winner of the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair and shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C Clarke Award and the 2022 European Science Fiction Association Award for Best Written Work of Fiction. The sequel, On The Brink, was longlisted for the BSFA Award for Best Novel.

Kelly attended Methodist College Belfast and Ulster University, where she completed a degree in Media Studies and a Ph.D. in film theory. Her non-fiction book, Mark Antony and Popular Culture, was drawn from her doctoral research. From 2020 to 2023, she was a judge, with Lucy Caldwell, of the Mairtín Crawford Award for Short Stories.

Bibliography

Novels

Non-fiction

Awards

Won

Nominations

References

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  12. 1 2 Hubble, Nick (2023-01-30). "Some Thoughts on the Longlist for BSFA Best Novel Award". Prospective Cultures. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  13. 1 2 Power, Ed. "Fantasy fiction: From the edge of heaven to the gates of hell". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  14. 1 2 seanfeeny (2014-06-25). "International authors gather in Gaoth Dobhair for writing retreat". Donegal News. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
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  17. ↑ "First Flush". Books Ireland (368): 47–57. 2016. ISSN 0376-6039.
  18. ↑ Howard, John (2017). "Review of Edge of Heaven". The Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature (9): 92–94. ISSN 2009-6089. JSTOR 48536145.
  19. ↑ O'Hanlon, Ellis (2016-09-26). "Sci-Fi: Edge Of Heaven by RB Kelly". Independent.ie. ProQuest 1822754074. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  20. ↑ "RB Kelly moves to JJLA". Bookbrunch. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  21. ↑ Winkler, Martin M. (2016). "Mark Antony and Popular Culture: Masculinity and the Construction of an Icon by Rachael Kelly (review)". Film & History. 46 (1): 72–74. ISSN 1548-9922.
  22. ↑ Hodel, Christina H. (2015-10-02). "Mark antony and popular culture: Masculinity and the construction of an icon". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 35 (4): 684–685. doi:10.1080/01439685.2015.1102444. ISSN 0143-9685.