Celia S. Friedman (born January 12, 1957) is an American speculative fiction author.
To date she has published fourteen novels, several short stories, and a sourcebook for White Wolf's Vampire: The Masquerade role-playing game. Originally a costume designer by trade, Friedman began her publishing career in 1986, and quit costuming in 1996 to write full-time. She was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1988, her novel This Alien Shore was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1998, and The Coldfire Trilogy was a finalist for NPR's Science Fiction and Fantasy Vote.
List of Works:
- Endless War Duology
- In Conquest Born
- The Wilding
- The Coldfire Trilogy:
- Dominion
- Black Sun Rising
- When True Night Falls
- Crown of Shadows
- The Magister Trilogy:
- Feast of Souls
- Wings of Wrath
- Legacy of Kings
- The Dreamwalker Chronicles
- Dreamwalker
- Dreamseeker
- Dreamweaver
- Outworlds
- This Alien Shore
- This Virtual Night
- The Madness Season
- The Erciyes Fragments