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C.C. Finlay

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Editor: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (fandsf.com).

Author: The Prodigal Troll, the Traitor to the Crown Series, and Wild Things, and dozens of short stories.

Awards: nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (2003), the Hugo Award (2003, 2009), the Locus Award for Best Magazine (2016), the Nebula Award (2003, 2009), the Sidewise Award (2003) Sturgeon Award (2009).

Teacher: Clarion, Clarion YA Workshop, the Alpha Writers Workshop, Odyssey Online Workshop, former resident editor of the Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror.

Married to novelist Rae Carson. ...more

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A Sad Day for Penn State, But Promises of Something Brighter

Last November I suggested that circumstantial evidence in the Penn State case indicated that Joe Paterno used his influence to cover-up cases of child sexual abuse committed by one of his coaches, and that university leaders probably went willingly along with it. http://ccfinlay.livejournal.com/189381.html

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	The Patriot Witch (Traitor to the Crown, #1) 3.32 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Spell for the Revolution (Traitor to the Crown, #2) 3.55 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2015 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #721) by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Albert E. Cowdrey (Contributor), Nick Wolven (Contributor) 3.59 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Demon Redcoat (Traitor to the Crown, #3) 3.54 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2018 by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matthew Hughes (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Corey Flintoff (Contributor) 3.82 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2017 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #732) by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), William Ledbetter (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Auston Habershaw (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.94 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2017 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #731) by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shannon Connor Winward (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Richard Bowes (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 73 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2016 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #728) by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ester M. Friesner (Contributor), James Beamon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.81 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2018 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #735) by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matthew Hughes (Goodreads Author), Vandana Singh 3.81 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2017 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #729) 3.75 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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C.C. Finlay and 1 other person liked Kam Yung Soh's review of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2020: "A better than average issue, with fascinating stories by James Morrow, David Erik Nelson, Brian Trent and a hilarious story by Madeleine Robins exploring a fantastic version of "My Fair Lady" that probably deserves to be made into a play too. - "Knock" Read more of this review »
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C.C. Finlay and 1 other person liked Michael Frasca's review of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2020: "One of the best issues in quite a while--a wide variety of stories and almost all got a good hold of me. Here are my favorites: - Editorial by Charles Coleman Finlay. A heartfelt time capsule from the dim and distant past of April 2020. Like reading t" Read more of this review »
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C.C. Finlay and 3 other people liked Richard's review of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2020: "A satisfying collection of stories spanning the breadth of its territory. Some light and humorous, some deep and sombre. All well written. Since I prefer action/adventure fiction my favorites lean in that direction; those by David Erik Nelson, Bennet" Read more of this review »
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C.C. Finlay made a comment on Lynn’s review of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2019 (F&SF, #744) " Coates has a three-book fantasy series with similar characters set in South Dakota, beginning with Wide Open. If you liked this story, you might like ...more "
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