C. S. Richardson

{{short description|Canadian novelist, and book designer (born 1955)}}

Charles Scott Richardson (born 1955 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian novelist and book designer, whose novel The End of the Alphabet won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, Canada & the Caribbean."Canadian authors win". Victoria Times-Colonist, March 15, 2008.

Richardson's second novel, The Emperor of Paris, was longlisted for the 2012 Giller Prize."Lyon, Richardson among authors on Giller long list". Prince George Citizen, September 5, 2012. His third novel, All the Colour in the World, was shortlisted for the 2023 Giller Prize.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-11 |title=5 Canadian authors shortlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/5-canadian-authors-shortlisted-for-100k-scotiabank-giller-prize-1.6986623|access-date=2023-10-11 |website=CBC Books}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/12-canadian-books-make-longlist-for-100k-scotiabank-giller-prize-1.6956931|title=12 Canadian books make longlist for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize|website=CBC Books|date=2023-09-06|access-date=September 6, 2023}}

He is vice president and creative director at Random House of Canada.{{Cite web|url=https://quillandquire.com/authors/the-author-down-the-hall/|title=The author down the hall|date=December 21, 2006|website=Quill and Quire}} He lives in Toronto.