Susan E. Connolly is an Irish fiction and non-fiction writer who has worked in comics, screenwriting, short fiction and novels. In March 2021, Connolly was announced to be attached as the lead writer of ''Zom-B'', a television series adaptation of the novel series of the same name by

Darren Shan Darren O'Shaughnessy (; born 2 July 1972) is an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his young adult fiction series '' The Saga of Darren Shan'', '' The Demonata'', and '' Zom-B'', published under the pseudonym Darren Shan. The forme ...

. In 2022, Connolly wrote two episodes of the six-part television crime drama '' Redemption''.

Life and career

Connolly was born Susan Elizabeth Connolly in

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where she was educated and completed a degree in Veterinary Medicine and a diploma in Statistics at

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. She completed a PhD in St John's College,

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, in the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit. While in UCD Connolly worked as the Science & Technology Editor as well as the Comment & Opinion Editor for ''The University Observer'', the university's award-winning student newspaper. Her first novel, ''Damsel'', was published by

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in 2009 under the pen name ''S.E.Connolly'', while her historical comic book, ''Gráinne O’Malley: Queen’s Gambit'', was published by

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in 2015. Connolly was the winner of the

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’s Scriptroom 7. She was selected for European Writers Club 2022 – Boosting Ideas. Connolly has also had work published by Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons and The Center For Digital Ethics.

Screenwriting

* '' Redemption'' (2022) * '' Hidden Assets'' (2023) * '' The Iris Affair'' (upcoming)

Bibliography

* ''Damsel'' (

– 2009) * ''Gráinne O’Malley: Queen’s Gambit'' (

– 2015)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Connolly, Susan E. Irish women writers Alumni of University College Dublin Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Cambridge