Celia S. Friedman (born January 12, 1957) is an American

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author who often writes as "C. S. Friedman". Originally a costume designer, Friedman began her publishing career in 1986. She quit costuming in 1996 to write full-time. As of 2022, she has published fourteen novels, numerous short stories—several of which were included in her 2021 collection ''The Dreaming Kind''—and a sourcebook for

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's '' Vampire: The Masquerade''

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. Friedman was nominated for the John W. Campbell award for Best New Writer in 1988 (now called the Astounding Award, and her novel ''This Alien Shore'' was a ''New York Times'' Notable Book of the Year in 1998. In August 2022, ''Deadline'' reported that Bohemia Group, a global management firm, was shopping a potential television series based on The Coldfire Trilogy, which was a finalist for NPR's Science Fiction and Fantasy Vote in 2011.

Works

There are at least two other shorts: "Downtime" and "Eye of the Needle".

References

External links

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The Forest of the Hunter
The Official C.S. Friedman fansite
Bibliography
on SciFan
CS Friedman-based MUD
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