Charles Coleman Finlay
Charles Coleman Finlay is an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor.
He grew up in Marysville, Ohio[1] and attended Ohio State University. He also attended the University of Oxford. His first story, Footnotes, was published in 2001 in Fantasy and Science Fiction where many of his stories have since been published. His fiction has been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the Sidewise Award, and in 2003 he was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He also wrote chapters for the "hoax-novel" Atlanta Nights.
In January 2015, Finlay was named the 9th editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.[2]
He is married to the fantasy writer Rae Carson.
Bibliography
Novels
- The Prodigal Troll (Pyr, 2005)
- Traitor to the Crown Book 1: The Patriot Witch as C. C. Finlay (Del Rey, 2009)
- Traitor to the Crown Book 2: A Spell for the Revolution as C. C. Finlay (Del Rey, 2009)
- Traitor to the Crown Book 3: The Demon Redcoat as C. C. Finlay (Del Rey, 2009)
In translation
- Der verlorene Troll (2007), ISBN 3-608-93786-2
- Prigioniero politico (2010), ISBN 88-95724-97-6
Collections
- Wild Things (Subterranean, 2005)
Selected short fiction
- "The Texas Bake Sale" Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 116/2 (Feb 2009)
- "The Political Prisoner" 2008 Nebula Award finalist for Best Novella, 2009 Hugo Award finalist for Best Novella, 2009 Theodore Sturgeon Award finalist
- "Pervert" 2005 Gaylactic Spectrum Award finalist (short form)
- "We Come Not to Praise Washington" 2002 Sidewise Award finalist (short form)
- "The Political Officer" 2002 Nebula Award finalist for Best Novella, 2003 Hugo Award finalist for Best Novella
Interviews
- Finlay, Charles Coleman (Jan 2010). "The crucible". Locus (588): 64–66.
Awards
- 2017 World Fantasy Award for Special Award, Professional for editing F&SF
References
- ^ "Charles Coleman Finlay: The Crucible". Locus Magazine online. January 29, 2010. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ Finlay Named Editor of F&SF, retrieved 16 January 2015
External links
- Official website
- Charles Coleman Finlay at the Science Fiction Awards Database (sfadb.com)
- Witchcraft and Revolution: A Profile of C. C. Finlay at Publishers Weekly (2009)
- Interview with John Joseph Adams about "The Political Prisoner" (2009)
- Interview with Jeremiah Tolbert (2009)
- Interview by Danny Adams for Some Fantastic (2006)
- Interview by Tobias Buckell at Eternal Night (2005)
- Interview by Lisa Negus and Robert D. Rowntree at Ideomancer (2005)
- Interview with Maria Zanini (2005)
- Profile in The Columbus Dispatch, Charles Coleman Finlay: First Novel a Long Time Coming, June 18, 2005
- Partial text of LOCUS interview (2004)
- Charles Coleman Finlay at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Interview with Writers Talk (2009)
- Charles Coleman Finlay at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalog records (mainly previous page of browse report under 'Finlay, C. C.')
- Living people
- 1964 births
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- American science fiction writers
- Novelists from Ohio
- Ohio State University alumni
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- People from Marysville, Ohio
- American male short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American male writers