Susan E. Connolly


Susan E. Connolly is an Irish fiction and non-fiction writer who has worked in comics, screenwriting, short fiction and novels.

Life and career

Connolly was born Susan Elizabeth Connolly in Ireland where she was educated and completed a degree in Veterinary Medicine and a diploma in Statistics at University College Dublin. She is now studying for a PhD in St John's College, University of Cambridge, 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 was published by Mercier Press in 2009 with the name S.E.Connolly. Her historical comic book has been published by Atomic Diner in 2015. Connolly was the winner of the BBC’s Scriptroom 7. She also worked on a potential near-future SF TV show for the BBC. She has also had work published by Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons and The Center For Digital Ethics.