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Lyra McKee featured in Forbes’ 30 under 30

McKee was an author and editor of a US-based trade publication and

McKee was an author of Angels with Blue Faces, and had just signed a two-book deal with Faber & Faber. Her book, The Lost Boys, was due for publication in 2020.
McKee was an author of Angels with Blue Faces, and had just signed a two-book deal with Faber & Faber. Her book, The Lost Boys, was due for publication in 2020.
Freya McClements
Fri Apr 19 2019 - 08:42

The woman shot dead during rioting in Derry last night was journalist and author Lyra McKee.

The 29-year-old tweeted a picture of the disturbances shortly before she was killed, with the caption: “Derry tonight. Absolute madness.”

From Belfast, Ms McKee was an editor with California-based news site Mediagazer, a trade publication covering the media industry.

In 2016 she was named one of Forbes’ Magazine’s 30 under 30 in media.

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She was the author of Angels with Blue Faces, a non-fiction novella about a cold case from the Troubles, and had signed a two-book deal with Faber & Faber and her book, The Lost Boys, was due for publication in 2020.

Freya McClements

Freya McClements

Freya McClements is Northern Editor of The Irish Times