RB Kelly
{{Short description|Irish science fiction author}}
RB Kelly (born 1979{{Cite news |date=2016-08-27 |title=Visions of a bleak future in Rachael's fantasy world |language=en-GB |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/visions-of-a-bleak-future-in-rachaels-fantasy-world/34998710.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |issn=0307-1235}}) is a Northern Irish science fiction writer{{Cite news |title=Out of this world: magic realism in Irish fiction |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/out-of-this-world-magic-realism-in-irish-fiction-1.2877997 |access-date=2023-11-18 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Reviews - Moylan: 145 |url=https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/review_essays/moylan145.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=www.depauw.edu}} from Belfast.{{Cite journal |date=2016-07-06 |title=Sci-fi writer mines native Belfast in dystopian debut |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2016/0706/800571-rb-kewly-explores-21st-century-dystopia-in-debut-novel/ |journal=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |language=en}} Her debut novel Edge of Heaven was a winner of the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair{{Cite news |title=Aspiring novelists chosen for Novel Fair 2014 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/aspiring-novelists-chosen-for-novel-fair-2014-1.1672078 |access-date=2023-11-17 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}} and shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C Clarke Award{{Cite web |last=locusmag |date=2021-06-30 |title=2021 Clarke Award Shortlist |url=https://locusmag.com/2021/06/2021-clarke-award-shortlist/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Books |first=Five |title=The Best Science Fiction of 2021: The Arthur C Clarke Award Shortlist |url=https://fivebooks.com/best-books/the-best-science-fiction-of-2021-the-arthur-c-clarke-award-shortlist-tom-hunter/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Five Books |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Six debuts shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke Award |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/six-debuts-shortlisted-arthur-c-clarke-award-1267127 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}{{Cite web |last=Addictic |title=Prix Arthur C. Clarke 2021 : les finalistes |url=https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/prix-arthur-c-clarke-2021-les-finalistes |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=ActuSF - Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire |language=fr}} and the 2022 European Science Fiction Association Award for Best Written Work of Fiction.{{Cite web |last=locusmag |date=2022-03-22 |title=2022 ESFS Awards Nominations |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/03/2022-esfs-awards-nominations/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}} The sequel, On The Brink, was longlisted for the BSFA Award for Best Novel.{{Cite web |title=Vote for the BSFA Awards |url=https://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-longlist |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=www.bsfa.co.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hubble |first=Nick |date=2023-01-30 |title=Some Thoughts on the Longlist for BSFA Best Novel Award |url=https://prospectiveculture.wordpress.com/2023/01/30/some-thoughts-on-the-longlist-for-bsfa-best-novel-award/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Prospective Cultures |language=en}}
Kelly attended Methodist College Belfast and Ulster University, where she completed a degree in Media Studies and a Ph.D. in film theory.{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |title=Fantasy fiction: From the edge of heaven to the gates of hell |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/fantasy-fiction-from-the-edge-of-heaven-to-the-gates-of-hell-1.2713918 |access-date=2023-11-16 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}} Her non-fiction book, Mark Antony and Popular Culture, was drawn from her doctoral research.{{Cite web |last=seanfeeny |date=2014-06-25 |title=International authors gather in Gaoth Dobhair for writing retreat |url=https://donegalnews.com/international-authors-gather-in-gaoth-dobhair-for-writing-retreat/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Donegal News |language=en-US}} From 2020 to 2023, she was a judge, with Lucy Caldwell, of the Mairtín Crawford Award for Short Stories.{{Cite news |title=Irish booksellers boosted by An Post deal and reopening of key wholesale supplier |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/irish-booksellers-boosted-by-an-post-deal-and-reopening-of-key-wholesale-supplier-1.4236075 |access-date=2023-11-17 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Entertainment.ie |title=Award Presentation: Mairtín Crawford Award For Short Story 2022 at Crescent Arts Centre - 13th June 2022 |url=https://entertainment.ie/events/event/show-antrim/crescent-arts-centre/award-presentation-mairtin-crawford-award-for-short-story-2022/all-20526/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Entertainment.ie |language=en}}
Bibliography
= Novels =
- Edge of Heaven (2016);{{Cite journal |date=2016 |title=First Flush |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/booksireland.368.47 |journal=Books Ireland |issue=368 |pages=47–57 |issn=0376-6039}}{{Cite journal |last=Howard |first=John |date=2017 |title=Review of Edge of Heaven |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48536145 |journal=The Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature |issue=9 |pages=92–94 |jstor=48536145 |issn=2009-6089}}{{Cite web |last=O'Hanlon |first=Ellis |date=2016-09-26 |title=Sci-Fi: Edge Of Heaven by RB Kelly |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/sci-fi-edge-of-heaven-by-rb-kelly/35073797.html |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Independent.ie |language=en |id={{ProQuest|1822754074}}}} (reprinted 2020){{Cite web |date=8 July 2021 |title=RB Kelly moves to JJLA |url=https://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-detail/rb-kelly-moves-to-jjla |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Bookbrunch |language=en}}
- On the Brink (2022)
= Non-fiction =
- Mark Antony and Popular Culture: Masculinity and the Construction of an Icon (2014 - as Rachael Kelly){{Cite journal |last=Winkler |first=Martin M. |date=2016 |title=Mark Antony and Popular Culture: Masculinity and the Construction of an Icon by Rachael Kelly (review) |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/39/article/626159 |journal=Film & History|volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=72–74 |issn=1548-9922}}{{Cite journal |last=Hodel |first=Christina H. |date=2015-10-02 |title=Mark antony and popular culture: Masculinity and the construction of an icon |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01439685.2015.1102444 |journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television |language=en |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=684–685 |doi=10.1080/01439685.2015.1102444 |issn=0143-9685|url-access=subscription }}
Awards
= Won =
= Nominations =
- The European Science Fiction Society Award - Best Written Work of Fiction (2022) - Edge of Heaven
- The Arthur C Clarke Award (2021) - Edge of Heaven
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Category:Alumni of Ulster University