My Ma Was Once a Beauty Queen

About the Author

Rebecca Kennedy

Rebecca Kennedy is an Irish writer and artist. Her short stories have been featured in journals like The Crannog, The Coven, The Old Moore’s Almanac and Hidden Channels. She represented Ireland in the ‘Women in Horror Annual,’ an anthology of short horror stories by international female horror writers published by WHA (Canada). She was a runner-up in The Liberties Press Humorous Short Story Competition and was subsequently featured in ‘Brevity is the Soul,’ a humorous short story collection by Liberties Press. Her story ‘The Inheritance,’ was published in BFS Horizons # from the British Fantasy Society. She was a selected participating writer in ‘South Dublin Libraries Online Feedback Sessions’ led by writer Brian Kirk. In 2020, she co-wrote and performed the comedy ‘Quarantine’ alongside Simon Ferris on RTE Radio One’s ‘Keywords’ podcast. Find her on Instagram @whinoforever