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 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF) 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 F&SF. In January 2015, Finlay was named the 9th editor of F&SF 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]
Personal life
He is married to the fantasy writer Rae Carson.
Awards
- 2021, World Fantasy Award for Special Award, Professional for editing F&SF
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
Collections
- Wild Things (Subterranean, 2005)
Short fiction
| 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.
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
See
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.')
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