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LIZZY SHANNON
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A bestselling author and editor, Lizzy's published works span many genres, including science fiction, Celtic nonfiction, fantasy, screenplays, and stage plays.
Having grown up in Belfast, her latest novel, A Song of Bullets, is set amidst the worst era of Northern Ireland's 'Troubles' in the 70's, and based on true events in her life. Her screenplay version won first place in the Creative World Awards screenwriting contest, 2026. It has also been placed as a Second Rounder twice in the Austin Film Festival, and was in the top 10% of the Academy Nicholl Fellowships.
Her new non-fiction book, Ireland: Land of Legends, was released on Saint Patrick's Day!
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Lizzy's career is as varied as the genres she writes. Starting out as a library assistant in a Northern Irish rural town, she moved on to study Theatre Arts and Literature in London, and toured the United Kingdom as a professional actress. Roles ranged from the goddess Hecate in Shakespeare's Macbeth to Gustav, the Amazing Dancing Bear in a clown troupe.
Update: the film script for A Song of Bullets won the drama category in the Creative World Awards!
"Creative World Awards is one of the highest regarded contests on the circuit in advancing talented screenwriters, and helping them garner industry recognition."
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"A tale of rebellion, war, and love.
Witty and humorous ...
and devastatingly realistic."
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--Thomas Nichols
Los Angeles Critic
"Compelling writing that will haunt your mind --
and stir your soul. Don't miss it."
William F. Nolan, author of Logan's run