1. Charles David George "Charlie" Stross was born on 18 October 1964 and is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy.
13 Facts About Charles Stross
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Charles Stross stopped writing for the magazine to devote more time to novels.
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Charles Stross showed an early interest in writing and wrote his first science fiction story at age 12.
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Charles Stross graduated with a bachelor's degree in Pharmacy in 1986 and qualified as a pharmacist in 1987.
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Charles Stross's first published short story, The Boys, appeared in Interzone in 1987.
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Charles Stross's novel Accelerando won the 2006 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, was a finalist for the John W Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and was on the final ballot for the Hugo Award in the best novel category.
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Charles Stross was one of the Guests of Honour at Orbital 2008, the British National Science Fiction convention, in March 2008.
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Charles Stross was the Author Guest of Honour at the Maryland Regional Science Fiction Convention in May 2009.
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Charles Stross was Author Guest of Honour at Fantasticon in August 2009.
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Charles Stross was the Guest of Honor at Boskone 48 in Feb 2011.
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In September 2012, Charles Stross released The Rapture of the Nerds, a novel written in collaboration with Cory Doctorow.
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Glasshouse won the 2009 Prometheus Award for Best Novel; Charles Stross was a Best Novel finalist in 2009 for Saturn's Children and has been nominated four other times for Iron Sunrise, Accelerando, The Revolution Business and Annihilation Score.
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Charles Stross believes himself to be autistic, but does not intend to seek a professional diagnosis.