Charles Coleman Finlay

{{Short description|American writer and editor}}

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{{For|those of a similar name|Charles Finley (disambiguation)}}

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|name=Charles Coleman Finlay

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1964|7|1}}

|birth_place=New York City, U.S.

|occupation={{flatlist|

• Author
• editor

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|alma_mater=Ohio State University

|genres={{flatlist|

• Science fiction
• fantasy

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|spouse=Rae Carson

|website={{url|http://www.ccfinlay.com/}}

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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{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2010/01/charles-coleman-finlay-crucible.html|title=Charles Coleman Finlay: The Crucible|date=January 29, 2010|work=Locus Magazine|access-date=April 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203232358/http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2010/01/charles-coleman-finlay-crucible.html|archive-date=February 3, 2010|url-status=dead}} 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.{{citation |url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2015/01/finlay-named-editor-of-fsf|title=Finlay Named Editor of F&SF|date=January 14, 2015 |access-date=January 16, 2015}} In 2021, he won a World Fantasy Award for his work editing the magazine.{{citation |url=http://www.sfadb.com/World_Fantasy_Awards_2021|title=World Fantasy Awards 2021|access-date=July 26, 2021}}