Fiona Kelleghan

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name = Fiona Kelleghan

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birth_date = April 21, 1965
birth_place = West Palm Beach, Florida
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alma_mater = Florida State University
occupation = Science-fiction scholar, librarian
residence = Miami, Florida
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nationality = American

Fiona Kelleghan (born West Palm Beach, Florida, 21 April 1965)cite web
url=http://members.fortunecity.com/fionak
title=Fiona Kelleghan Biography
date=2000
author=Fiona Kelleghan
accessdate=2007-08-08] is an American academic and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy; she is also the metadata librarian at the University of Miami's Otto G. Richter Library.

Writing in "The Washington Post", Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda called her "an expert on humor in genre fiction,"cite web
url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/113003622.html?dids=113003622:113003622&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=Apr+7%2C+2002&author=&desc=Serious+fun%3A+Touching+down+at+the+International+Conference+on+the+Fantastic+in+the+Arts.
title=Serious Fun: Touching Down at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
date=2002-04-07
author=Michael Dirda
accessdate=2007-08-12] and she is listed on the University of Miami's website as its official expert on "Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror."cite web
url=http://www6.miami.edu/reporters_sourcebook/1,2512,L,00.html
title=Reporter's Sourcebook
date=2007
author=University of Miami
accessdate=2007-08-18] She is also interested in film both inside and outside the science-fiction genre, and is an amateur ethologistcite web
url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2005-05-26/calendar/selected-events-for-the-week-of-may-26-2005/
title=Selected Events for the Week of May 26, 2005
date=2005
author="Miami New Times"
accessdate=2007-08-20] .

She has identified a secular, satiric literary movement within the science-fiction genre that she calls "Savage Humanism." Her critical anthology "The Savage Humanists" (Robert J. Sawyer Books, 2008) begins with a 17,000-word essay by her describing the movement and its practitioners, and collects stories by Gregory Frost, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Jonathan Lethem, James Morrow, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, Tim Sullivan, and Connie Willis, with introductions to each by Kelleghancite web
url=http://sfwriter.com/2008/04/savage-humanists.html
title=Blog entry on "The Savage Humanists"
date=2008
author=Robert J. Sawyer
accessdate=2008-04-29] .

Her other books include "Mike Resnick: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to His Work" (Farthest Star, 2000), and, as editor, "100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction" (Salem Press, 2001, 2 volumes) and "Magill's Choice: Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature" (Salem Press, 2002)cite web
url=http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Fiona%20Kelleghan&page=1
title=Fiona Kelleghan Books
date=2007
author=Amazon.com
accessdate=2007-08-19] .

Her scholarly work has appeared in "Extrapolation", "Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts", "The New York Review of Science Fiction", "Nova Express", "ParaDoxa: Studies in World Literary Genres", "Science Fiction Studies", and "SFRA Review" (a publication of the Science Fiction Research Association, of which she is a member)cite web
url=http://members.fortunecity.com/fionak/sf.html
title=Fiona Kelleghan Science Fiction Activities
date=2000
author=Fiona Kelleghan
accessdate=2007-08-10] .

She has contributed to the reference books "American Women Writers"cite web
url=http://scholar.library.miami.edu/facpubs02/departments.php?name=ric-
title=UM Faculty Publications 1998-2002
date=2004
author=University of Miami
accessdate=2007-08-19] ; "Contemporary Novelists [7th Edition] " (for which she is the authority on Ray Bradbury, Jonathan Lethem, and Connie Willis, among others)cite web
url=http://scholar.library.miami.edu/facpubs02/departments.php?name=ric-
title=UM Faculty Publications 1998-2002
date=2004
author=University of Miami
accessdate=2007-08-19] ; "Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature"; "Fantasy and Horror: A Critical and Historical Guide to Literature, Illustration, Film, TV, Radio, and the Internet", edited by Neil Barroncite web
url=http://bookshop.blackwell.com/jsp/id/Fantasy_and_Horror/9780810835962
title="Fantasy and Horror: A Critical Guide" Table of Contents
date=1999
author=Neil Barron
accessdate=2007-08-20] ; "St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers"; "St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers"; "Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror"; and "Twentieth-Century Literary Movements Dictionary"cite web
url=http://members.fortunecity.com/fionak/sf.html
title=Fiona Kelleghan Science Fiction Activities
date=2000
author=Fiona Kelleghan
accessdate=2007-08-10] cite web
url=http://scholar.library.miami.edu/facpubs02/departments.php?name=ric-
title=UM Faculty Publications 1998-2002
date=2004
author=University of Miami
accessdate=2007-08-19] ; and, with Daryl F. Mallett, to "Genre and Ethnic Collections: Collected Essays", and she was largely responsible for assisting Mallett and Hal Hall with the completion of "" (Borgo Press, 1999). Her book reviews have appeared in "The Washington Post" and as official commissioned reviews for BarnesandNoble.com, and she has contributed numerous plot summaries and mini-biographies to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).cite web
url=http://pro.imdb.com/czone/top
title=Contributor Zone: Top Contributors
date=2007
author=IMDb Pro
accessdate=2007-08-18]

Kelleghan is a book-review editor for the "Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts"cite web
url=http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/iafa/jfa/jfa.html
title="Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts" masthead
date=2006
author=International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
accessdate=2007-08-20] (since 1999) and an editorial consultant to "Science Fiction Studies" (since 1994). She was on the advisory board for and a contributor to "The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders" (edited by Gary Westfahl, Greenwood Press, 2005)cite web
url=http://www.sfsite.com/gary/ww-themes01.htm#K
title=The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Contributors and Their Entries
date=2007
author=Gary Westfahl
accessdate=2007-08-18] , and has been a judge for the William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, given by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts to emerging writers.

In March 2008, she presented a paper entitled "The Intimately Human and the Grandly Cosmic: Humor and the Sublime in the Works of Robert J. Sawyer"cite web
url=http://www.sfwriter.com/2008/03/humor-in-sf-of-robert-j-sawyer.html
title=The Intimately Human and the Grandly Cosmic: Humor and the Sublime in the Works of Robert J. Sawyer (MP3)
date=2008
author=Fiona Kelleghan
accessdate=2008-03-28] at the 29th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Artscite web
url=http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/iafa/icfa29/icfa2008program.htm
title=ICFA 29 Conference Schedule
date=2008
author=International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
accessdate=2008-01-24] . Her works in progress include "Alfred Bester, Grand Master: An Annotated Bibliography" cite web
url=http://members.fortunecity.com/fionak/sf.html#in%20progress
title=Fiona Kelleghan Works in Progress
date=2000
author=Fiona Kelleghan
accessdate=2007-08-10] and further research on Savage Humanism.

Kelleghan is an Associate Professorcite web
url=http://www6.miami.edu/reporters_sourcebook/1,2512,L,00.html
title=Reporter's Sourcebook
date=2007
author=University of Miami
accessdate=2007-08-18] at the University of Miami. She has been on the faculty there since 1989, and tenured since 1995cite web
url=http://members.fortunecity.com/fionak
title=Fiona Kelleghan Biography
date=2000
author=Fiona Kelleghan
accessdate=2007-08-08] . She holds an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Florida State University (1988) and an M.A. in English from the University of Miami (1996)cite web
url=http://members.fortunecity.com/fionak
title=Fiona Kelleghan Biography
date=2000
author=Fiona Kelleghan
accessdate=2007-08-08] .

She is a graduate of the Clarion West science-fiction writing workshop (1995). Her short story "The Secret in the Chest: With Tests, Maps, Mysteries, & Intermittent Discussion Questions," which plays with the conventions of damsel-in-distress fairy tales cite web
url=http://slushmaster.livejournal.com/94854.html
title=Review of "Realms of Fantasy": October 1998 (Issue 25)
date=2008
author=Douglas Cohen
accessdate=2008-02-07] , appeared in "Realms of Fantasy" (October 1998)cite web
url=http://www.locusmag.com/index/s396.html
title=The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
date=2004
author=Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento
accessdate=2007-08-12] , and earned an Honorable Mention from editor Gardner Dozois in "The Year's Best Science Fiction: 16th Annual Collection" (1999).

References

External links

* [http://members.fortunecity.com/fionak/ Fiona Kelleghan's website]
* [http://www.sfwriter.com/2008/03/humor-in-sf-of-robert-j-sawyer.html Fiona Kelleghan presenting her paper "The Intimately Human and the Grandly Cosmic: Humor and the Sublime in the Works of Robert J. Sawyer] (MP3)
* [http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/64/kelleghan.htm Fiona Kelleghan analyzes Alfred Bester]
* [http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/58/feehan58art.htm Fiona Kelleghan (writing as Ellen Feehan) analyzes Frank Herbert]
* [http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/interviews/feehan59interview.htm Fiona Kelleghan (writing as Ellen Feehan) interviews John Kessel]
* [http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/interviews/letheminterview.htm Fiona Kelleghan interviews Jonathan Lethem]
* [http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/interviews/morrowinterview.htm Fiona Kelleghan interviews James Morrow]
* [http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/interviews/powers74interview.htm Fiona Kelleghan interviews Tim Powers]
* [http://www.pauldifilippo.com/ciphers_review_kelleghan.php Fiona Kelleghan reviews Paul DiFilippo]
* [http://www.goldengryphon.com/revfwa3.html Fiona Kelleghan reviews Jeffrey Ford]
* [http://home.austin.rr.com/lperson/girlland.html Fiona Kelleghan reviews Jonathan Lethem]
* [http://www.filmsound.org/articles/horrorsound/horrorsound.htm Fiona Kelleghan on "Sound Effects in Science Fiction and Horror Films"]
* [http://www.imdb.com/SearchBios?[e-mail]%3E IMDb mini-biographies written by Fiona Kelleghan]
* [http://www.imdb.com/SearchPlotWriters?[e-mail]%7D IMDb plot summaries written by Fiona Kelleghan]