Charles Coleman Finlay
Encyclopedia
Charles Coleman Finlay is an American science fiction and fantasy author.
He grew up in Marysville, Ohio
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
.
He grew up in Marysville, Ohio
Marysville, Ohio
Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,942 at the 2000 census, and the Census Bureau estimated that it had risen to 17,621 by 2006.Marysville's longtime slogan is "Where the Grass is Greener"...
and attended Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
. He also attended the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. 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
Hugo Award for Best Novella
The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...
, the Nebula Award for Best Novella
Nebula Award for Best Novella
Winners of the Nebula Award for Best Novella. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year.-Winners and other nominees:-External links:**...
, 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
Atlanta Nights
Atlanta Nights is a collaborative novel created in 2004 by a group of science fiction and fantasy authors, with the express purpose of producing a bad piece of work of unpublishable quality to test whether publishing firm PublishAmerica would still accept it...
.
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: 3-6089-3786-2
- Prigioniero politico (2010), ISBN: 8-8957-2497-6
Selected short fiction
- "The Texas Bake Sale" Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 116/2 (Feb 2009)
- "The Political Prisoner" 2008 Nebula AwardNebula AwardThe Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
finalist for Best NovellaNebula Award for Best NovellaWinners of the Nebula Award for Best Novella. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year.-Winners and other nominees:-External links:**...
, 2009 Hugo AwardHugo AwardThe Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
finalist for Best NovellaHugo Award for Best NovellaThe Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...
, 2009 Theodore Sturgeon AwardTheodore Sturgeon AwardThe Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award is given each year for the best science fiction short story of the year and is the short fiction counterpart of the Campbell award , published in English....
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 AwardNebula AwardThe Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
finalist for Best NovellaNebula Award for Best NovellaWinners of the Nebula Award for Best Novella. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year.-Winners and other nominees:-External links:**...
, 2003 Hugo AwardHugo AwardThe Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
finalist for Best NovellaHugo Award for Best NovellaThe Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...
External links
- Charles Coleman Finlay's home page
- Locus Index to SF Awards
- 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)
- Interview with Writers Talk (2009)