RB Kelly
RB Kelly (born 1979[1]) is a Northern Irish science fiction writer[2][3] from Belfast.[4] Her debut novel Edge of Heaven was a winner of the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair[5] and shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C Clarke Award[6][7][8][9] and the 2022 European Science Fiction Association Award for Best Written Work of Fiction.[10] The sequel, On The Brink, was longlisted for the BSFA Award for Best Novel.[11][12]
Kelly attended Methodist College Belfast[1] and Ulster University, where she completed a degree in Media Studies and a Ph.D. in film theory.[13] Her non-fiction book, Mark Antony and Popular Culture, was drawn from her doctoral research.[14] From 2020 to 2023, she was a judge, with Lucy Caldwell, of the Mairtín Crawford Award for Short Stories.[15][16]
Bibliography[edit]
Novels[edit]
Non-fiction[edit]
- Mark Antony and Popular Culture: Masculinity and the Construction of an Icon (2014 - as Rachael Kelly)[21][22]
Awards[edit]
Won[edit]
- The Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair (2014): Edge of Heaven[5]
- The Orange Northern Woman Short Story Award (2003): Long Anna River[14]
Nominations[edit]
- The European Science Fiction Society Award - Best Written Work of Fiction (2022) - Edge of Heaven[10]
- The Arthur C Clarke Award (2021) - Edge of Heaven[6][7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Visions of a bleak future in Rachael's fantasy world". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2016-08-27. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ "Out of this world: magic realism in Irish fiction". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ "Reviews - Moylan: 145". www.depauw.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ a b "Sci-fi writer mines native Belfast in dystopian debut". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2016-07-06.
- ^ a b "Aspiring novelists chosen for Novel Fair 2014". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ a b locusmag (2021-06-30). "2021 Clarke Award Shortlist". Locus Online. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ a b c Books, Five. "The Best Science Fiction of 2021: The Arthur C Clarke Award Shortlist". Five Books. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ a b "Six debuts shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke Award". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ Addictic. "Prix Arthur C. Clarke 2021 : les finalistes". ActuSF - Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ a b locusmag (2022-03-22). "2022 ESFS Awards Nominations". Locus Online. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ "Vote for the BSFA Awards". www.bsfa.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ a b Hubble, Nick (2023-01-30). "Some Thoughts on the Longlist for BSFA Best Novel Award". Prospective Cultures. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ a b Power, Ed. "Fantasy fiction: From the edge of heaven to the gates of hell". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ a b seanfeeny (2014-06-25). "International authors gather in Gaoth Dobhair for writing retreat". Donegal News. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ "Irish booksellers boosted by An Post deal and reopening of key wholesale supplier". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ Entertainment.ie. "Award Presentation: Mairtín Crawford Award For Short Story 2022 at Crescent Arts Centre - 13th June 2022". Entertainment.ie. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ "First Flush". Books Ireland (368): 47–57. 2016. ISSN 0376-6039.
- ^ 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.
- ^ O'Hanlon, Ellis (2016-09-26). "Sci-Fi: Edge Of Heaven by RB Kelly". Independent.ie. ProQuest 1822754074. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "RB Kelly moves to JJLA". Bookbrunch. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ Winkler, Martin M. (2016). "Mark Antony and Popular Culture: Masculinity and the Construction of an Icon by Rachael Kelly (review)". Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 46 (1): 72–74. ISSN 1548-9922.
- ^ 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.