| Charles Coleman Finlay | |
| Birth Date: | 1 July 1964 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Ohio State University |
| Spouse: | Rae Carson |
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. In 2021, he won a World Fantasy Award for his work editing the magazine.
He is married to the fantasy writer Rae Carson.
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes | ||
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| data-sort-value="Political prisoner" | The political prisoner | 2008 | F&SF |
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| data-sort-value="Texas Bake Sale" | The Texas Bake Sale | 2009 | "The Texas Bake Sale" F&SF 116/2 (Feb 2009) | |||
| data-sort-value="Empathy vaccine" | The empathy vaccine | 2015 | Finlay, C. C. . June 2015 . The empathy vaccine . Analog Science Fiction and Fact . 135 . 6 . 60–64. |