About the Author

Kelly M, admin and chief content creator for The Archaeology of Tomb Raider

The Basics:

Name – Kelly M (she/her).
Age – Early 40s.
Location – The Netherlands, but originally from Gibraltar.
Favourite Tomb Raider games – Tomb Raider (1996), Tomb Raider II, Tomb Raider: Legend, and Rise of the Tomb Raider.
Speaks/Understands, with varying degrees of fluency – English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Dutch, French, and Japanese.
Occupation – Freelance writer, translator, editor, and content creator.
Academic Background – My background is in Chinese studies, translation, and international relations but I studied for an undergraduate certificate in archaeology via distance learning back in the late 2000s. You can learn more about the University of Leicester’s distance learning programs over here.

Interests & Hobbies:

East Asian and Egyptian archaeology.
Languages and translation studies.
Travel and ecotourism.
Wildlife and ocean conservation.
East Asian, South Asian, and South-East Asian cuisines.
Video games, console and mobile.
Star Wars, Star Trek, and the occasional anime series.
Reading non-fiction and travel writing.
Archery; I’m the proud owner of a 35-lb Hungarian horse bow!

Guest Articles:

“10 Steps to a More Positive Tomb Raider Fandom” – published on Positively Tomb Raider (June 2018).

Interviews:

Guns & Grapple – published in November 2015.
Tomb Raider Horizons – published in May 2014.
The Mental Attic – published in March 2014.

Featured In:

“Meet The People Who Traveled The World Because Of Tomb Raider” by Stacey Henley – published on TheGamer (November 2021).
World Mental Health Day 2019 – published on Positively Tomb Raider (October 2019).
“The Very Specific Reason Why Tomb Raider’s Women Super Fans Are Worried About The Movie Adaptation” by Elena Nicolaou – published on Refinery29 (March 2018).

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