Jo Zebedee (born 1971), is a Northern Irish science fiction and fantasy writer, based in Carrickfergus near Belfast.

She is considered one of Ireland's top Science fiction and fantasy writers.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} Her novels are often set in Northern Ireland.^[5][7][8]

Zebedee attended Victoria Primary School and Carrickfergus Grammar School before completing a degree in English Literature. She has been chairperson for Women Aloud NI. She has taught at Stranmillis College^[9] and for the Crescent Arts Centre where she runs creative writing classes. She is also a mentor with the Irish Writers' Centre. Zebedee was a guest of the Belfast Book festival and the C. S. Lewis festival. She was a guest for Titancon, the main Northern Ireland convention, and chair for the event in 2020.^[10] She's also been a guest of Octocon, Ireland's national convention. Zebedee also works for her own management consultancy.

Zebedee founded OtherworldsNI, a group for speculative fiction writers.^[11] She also runs a bookshop in Carrickfergus.^[12]

In 2024, she was awarded Arts Council Funding; she plans to write a sequel to Irish Carraig.^[13]