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. Her novels are often set in Northern Ireland.SFF Chronicles website, Review: Inish Carraig by Jo Zebedee, by Brian G Turner dated June 25, 2015Inspired Quill website, Jo Zebedee
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 CollegeStranmillis University College Belfast website, 2019-2020 Courses and Workshops, page 39 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.TitanCon website 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.Pinocchio Magazine, On a Spaceship to Belfast with Jo Zebedee, article by Chiara Liberio dated August 26, 2021
In 2024, she was awarded Arts Council Funding; she plans to write a sequel to Irish Carraig. Northern Ireland World website, article by Helena McManus dated January 23, 2024
Bookshop Zebedee and her husband run a bookshop in Carrickfergus.Books Ireland website, The Secret Bookshelf - a haven, half a minute from the sea In March 2024, the shop won the British Book Award for Independent Bookshop of the Year for the Island of Ireland.PressReader website, The Secret's Out ..., article by Kurtis Reid dated 13 March 2024, published in the Belfast TelegraphNorthern Ireland World website, The Secret Bookshelf: Carrickfergus Retailer Scoops Independent Bookshop of the Year Award, article written Helena McManus dated 13 March 2024
Bibliography
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 BoultonGoodReads website, Books by Jo Zebedee
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