Celia S. Friedman

Celia S. Friedman (born January 12, 1957) is an American <a href="/facts/Speculative_fiction/j9dUbo0d">speculative fiction</a> author who often writes as "C. S. Friedman." Originally a costume designer, Friedman began her publishing career in 1986. She quit costuming in 1996 to write full-time. As of 2022, she has published fourteen novels, numerous short stories—several of which were included in her 2021 collection, The Dreaming Kind, and a sourcebook for <a href="/facts/White_Wolf,_Inc./dcbezfED">White Wolf</a>'s <a href="/facts/Vampire:_The_Masquerade/tszX3cdq">Vampire: The Masquerade</a> <a href="/facts/Role-playing_game/bN0QjhPs">role-playing game</a>.
Friedman was nominated for the John W. Campbell award for Best New Writer in 1988 (now called the <a href="/facts/Astounding_Award_for_Best_New_Writer/A3oeb9c2">Astounding Award</a>, and her novel This Alien Shore was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1998.
In August 2022, Deadline reported that Bohemia Group, a global management firm, was shopping a potential television series based on The Coldfire Trilogy, which was a finalist for NPR's Science Fiction and Fantasy Vote in 2011.

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Celia S. Friedman