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Charles Stross


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Charles Stross is a full-time writer who was born in Leeds, England in 1964. He studied in London and Bradford, gaining degrees in pharmacy and computer science, and has worked in a variety of jobs, including pharmacist, technical author, software engineer, and freelance journalist.
Charles is a full-time science fiction writer and resident of Edinburgh, Scotland. The author of six Hugo-nominated novels and winner of the 2005, 2010, and 2015 Hugo awards for best novella, Stross's works have been translated into over twelve languages.
 

Awards: Hugo (2014), Prometheus (2007)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
January 2025

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A Conventional Boy
(Laundry Files, book 13)
January 2026

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The Regicide Report
(Laundry Files, book 14)
Series
Singularity Sky
   1. Singularity Sky (2003)
   2. Iron Sunrise (2004)
   3. Accelerando (2005)
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Merchant Princes
   1. The Family Trade (2004)
   2. The Hidden Family (2005)
   3. The Clan Corporate (2006)
   4. The Merchants' War (2007)
   5. The Revolution Business (2009)
   6. The Trade of Queens (2010)
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Laundry Files
   1. The Atrocity Archives (2004)
   2. The Jennifer Morgue (2006)
   2.5. Overtime (2010)
   2.6. Down on the Farm (2010)
   2.7. Equoid (2013)
   3. The Fuller Memorandum (2010)
   4. The Apocalypse Codex (2012)
   5. The Rhesus Chart (2014)
   Three Tales from the Laundry Files (2014)
   6. The Annihilation Score (2015)
   7. The Nightmare Stacks (2016)
   7.5. Escape from Yokai Land (2022)
   8. The Delirium Brief (2017)
   9. The Labyrinth Index (2018)
   10. Dead Lies Dreaming (2020)
   11. Quantum of Nightmares (2022)
   12. Season of Skulls (2023)
   13. A Conventional Boy (2025)
   14. The Regicide Report (2026)
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Halting State
   1. Halting State (2007)
   2. Rule 34 (2011)
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Freyaverse
   1. Saturn's Children (2008)
   2. Neptune's Brood (2013)
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Empire Games
   1. Empire Games (2017)
   2. Dark State (2018)
   3. Invisible Sun (2020)
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Novels
   Glasshouse (2006)
   Missile Gap (2006)
   Scratch Monkey (2011)
   The Rapture of the Nerds (2012) (with Cory Doctorow)
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Collections
   Toast (2002)
   Wireless (2009)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Approaching Xanadu (1989)
   Antibodies (2000)
   Lobsters (2007)
   Palimpsest (2011)
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Series contributed to
Tor.Com Original
   Overtime (2010)
   Down on the Farm (2010)
   A Tall Tail (2012)
   Equoid (2013)
   Three Tales from the Laundry Files (2014)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Charles Stross
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99 Fleeting Fantasies (2024)
A Fantasy Anthology
edited by
Jennifer Brozek
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The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vol. 1 (2023)
(Big Book of Cyberpunk, book 1)
edited by
Jared Shurin
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman

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Awards
2014 Hugo Award for Best Novella : Equoid
2013 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel : The Apocalypse Codex
2010 Hugo Award for Best Novella : Palimpsest
2007 Prometheus Award : Glasshouse
2007 Locus Award for Best Novella : Missile Gap
2006 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel : Accelerando
2005 Hugo Award for Best Novella : The Concrete Jungle

Award nominations
2022 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel (nominee) : Invisible Sun
2021 Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Dead Lies Dreaming: Book 1 of the New Management
2018 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Delirium Brief
2018 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel (nominee) : Dark State
2017 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Nightmare Stacks
2014 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Neptune's Brood
2014 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Neptune's Brood
2014 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Neptune's Brood
2013 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Rapture of the Nerds
2012 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Rule 34
2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Rule 34
2011 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Fuller Memorandum
2010 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Palimpsest
2010 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Revolution Business
2010 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Wireless
2010 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Overtime
2009 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Saturn's Children
2009 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Saturn's Children
2009 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Saturn's Children
2008 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Halting State
2008 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Halting State
2007 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The Family Trade
2007 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Glasshouse
2007 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Clan Corporate
2007 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Jennifer Morgue
2007 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Glasshouse
2007 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Glasshouse
2006 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Hidden Family
2006 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Hidden Family
2006 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Accelerando
2006 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Accelerando
2006 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Accelerando
2005 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Iron Sunrise
2005 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Elector
2005 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Concrete Jungle
2005 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Appeals Court
2005 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Family Trade
2005 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Elector
2005 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Iron Sunrise
2005 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Accelerando
2004 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Singularity Sky
2004 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Curator
2004 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Nightfall
2004 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Singularity Sky
2004 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Nightfall
2003 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Halo
2003 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Lobsters
2003 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Router
2003 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Jury Service
2003 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : The Atrocity Archives
2003 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Toast: And Other Rusted Futures
2003 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Halo
2003 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Router
2002 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Lobsters
2002 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Lobsters
2001 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Antibodies


Charles Stross recommends
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Spring's Arcana (2023)
(Dead God's Heart, book 1)
Lilith Saintcrow
"An ice-cold contemporary reboot of Baba Yaga--some killer grannies are more lethal than others: pray she isn't yours!"
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Battle of the Linguist Mages (2022)
Scotto Moore
"It reads like Snow Crash had a dance-off with Gideon the Ninth, in a world where language isn't a virus from outer space, it's a goddamn alien invasion."
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Robot Artists and Black Swans (2021)
Bruce Sterling
"Bruce Sterling’s Italian short fiction is like an Asti Spumante from the vineyard where futurism was first fermented."

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