RB Kelly

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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]

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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]

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  11. ↑ "Vote for the BSFA Awards". www.bsfa.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
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  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.
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