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Born | New York City, U.S. | July 1, 1964
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Ohio State University |
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Spouse | Rae Carson |
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Charles Coleman Finlay (born July 1, 1964 in New York City, NY) is an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor.
He grew up in Marysville, Ohio[1] and attended Ohio State University. His first story, Footnotes, was published in 2001 in Fantasy and Science Fiction where many of his stories have since been published. He has published four novels and a short story collection. 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.
Finlay guest edited the July/August 2014 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. In January 2015, Finlay was named the 9th editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and served in that role until the January/February 2021 issue.[2] In 2021, he won a World Fantasy Award for his work editing the magazine.[3]
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
Short fiction
- Collections
- Wild Things (Subterranean, 2005)
- Stories
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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The political prisoner | 2008 | F&SF |
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The Texas Bake Sale | 2009 | "The Texas Bake Sale" F&SF 116/2 (Feb 2009) | ||
The empathy vaccine | 2015 | Finlay, C. C. (June 2015). "The empathy vaccine". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (6): 60–64. |
- "Pervert" 2005 Gaylactic Spectrum Award finalist (short form)
- "We Come Not to Praise Washington" 2002 Sidewise Award finalist (short form)
- "The Political Officer", finalist for Best Novella of 2002, and 2003 Hugo Award finalist for Best Novella
Editorials
- "[Untitled]". F&SF. 139 (1&2): 6–10. July–August 2020.
Interviews
- Finlay, Charles Coleman (January 2010). "The crucible". Locus (588): 64–66.
Awards
- 2021, World Fantasy Award for Special Award, Professional for editing F&SF
References
- ↑ "Charles Coleman Finlay: The Crucible". Locus Magazine. January 29, 2010. Archived from the original on February 3, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ↑ Finlay Named Editor of F&SF, January 14, 2015, retrieved January 16, 2015
- ↑ World Fantasy Awards 2021, retrieved July 26, 2021
External links
- Official website
- Charles Coleman Finlay at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (isfdb.org)
- Witchcraft and Revolution: A Profile of C. C. Finlay at Publishers Weekly (2009)
- Charles Coleman Finlay at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalog records (mainly previous page of browse report under 'Finlay, C. C.')