Roy Kettle

'''Leroy Richard Arthur "Roy" Kettle''' OBE (born 1949) is a retired United Kingdom civil servant who, among many other achievements, was one of the principal architects of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. <ref name = "London Gazette">{{cite web|title= The London Gazette|publisher= The London Gazette, 31 December 2005, Supplement 57855, p11|url= https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/57855/supplement/1|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}</ref>

With Greg Pickersgill, he was a leading light of "Ratfandom" in London in the 1970s. He produced two science fiction fanzines, ''Fouler'' (with Pickersgill) and ''True Rat'', both noted for their acid humour. He also participated in the oneshot fanzine ''An Egregious Guide To The Conventions'' with Pickersgill.<ref name = "Fanzines">{{cite web|title= British Fanzine Bibliography 1971-1980|publisher= British Fanzine Bibliography|url= https://fiawol.org.uk//fanstuff/biblio/seven3.htm|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}</ref>

Kettle has authored and co-authored a number of books in the science fiction, horror, and humour genres.

He married Kathleen in 1985, with whom he has two children, Jennifer and Nathan, and lives in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

==Publications==

* ''Slimer''<ref name = "ISFDB1">{{cite web|title= Slimer |publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?20668|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}</ref> (co-authored with John Brosnan under the name "Harry Adam Knight"), Star Books (paperback) 1983, ISBN 0-352-31366-8 * ''The Fungus''<ref name = "ISFDB2">{{cite web|title= The Fungus |publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?20670|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}</ref> (co-authored with John Brosnan under the name "Simon Ian Childer"), Star Books (paperback) 1985, ISBN 0-352-31546-6 * ''Tendrils''<ref name = "ISFDB3">{{cite web|title= Tendrils |publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?20671|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}</ref> (co-authored with John Brosnan Grafton (paperback) 1986, ISBN 0-586-06437-0 * ''Bedlam''<ref name = "ISFDB4">{{cite web|title= Bedlam |publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?17061|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}</ref> (co-authored with John Brosnan under the name "Harry Adam Knight"), Gollancz (hardback) 1992, ISBN 0-575-04995-2; (paperback) 1993, ISBN 0-575-05347-X * ''The Dirty Movie Book''<ref name = "ISBN">{{cite web|title= The Dirty Movie Book |publisher= ISBN Search|url= https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780586069448|accessdate= 15 June 2023}}</ref> (co-authored with John Brosnan under the name "Leroy Mitchell"), Grafton Books (paperback) 1988, ISBN 0-586-06944-5 * ''Future Perfect''<ref name = "ISFDB6">{{cite web|title= Future Perfect |publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2112101|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}</ref> (co-authored with Christopher Evans) Pitchblende Books (paperback) 2014, ISBN 9780992879006 * ''True Rat: The Beast of Leroy Kettle''<ref name = "AE">{{cite web|title= True Rat |publisher= Ansible Editions|url= https://ae.ansible.uk/?t=truerat|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}</ref> Ansible Editions (ebook) 2018, ISBN 9781913451394 (paperback) 2022, ISBN 9781471635489

==Awards and honours==

* Fan Guest of Honour: Skycon (Eastercon, 1978)<ref name = "SFE1">{{cite web|title= Eastercon |publisher= SF Encyclopedia|url= https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/eastercon|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}</ref> * Best Fan Writer Hugo nominee: Seacon '79 (Worldcon, 1979)<ref name = "Hugos">{{cite web|title= 1979 Hugo Awards |publisher= The Hugo Awards|url= https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1979-hugo-awards/|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}</ref> * Order of the British Empire, OBE (Queen's Honours List, 2006)<ref name = "London Gazette" />

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==External links== *{{ISFDB name|id=Leroy_Kettle|name=Leroy Kettle}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kettle, Roy}} Category:British civil servants Category:British science fiction writers Category:Living people Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category:1949 births