Charles Coleman Finlay (born July 1, 1964 in

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, NY) is an American

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and fantasy author and editor. He grew up in

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and attended

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. 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

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. His fiction has been nominated for the

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, the

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, 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. In 2021, he won a

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for his work editing the magazine.

Personal life

He is married to the fantasy writer Rae Carson.

Awards

* 2021,

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

* ''Der verlorene Troll'' (2007), * ''Prigioniero politico'' (2010),

Collections

* ''Wild Things'' (Subterranean, 2005)

Short fiction

* "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

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finalist for Best Novella

Editorials

Interviews

References

See

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External links

*
Charles Coleman Finlay
at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (isfdb.org)

a
Publishers Weekly
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