Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born 18 October 1964[1]) is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy.

[5][6] In the 1970s and 1980s, Stross published some role-playing game articles about Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in White Dwarf magazine.

Some of his creatures, such as the death knight, githyanki (the name borrowed from George R. R. Martin's 1977 novel, Dying of the Light), githzerai, and slaad (a chaotic race of frog-like humanoids) were later published in the Fiend Folio monster compendium.

His novella The Concrete Jungle (published in The Atrocity Archives) won the Hugo award for its category in 2005.

"[13]: 247 Rogue Farm, his 2003 short story, was adapted into an eponymous animated film that debuted in August 2004.

[14] Stross was one of the Guests of Honour at Orbital 2008,[15] the British National Science Fiction convention (Eastercon), in March 2008.

Cubicle 7 used their Basic Role-Playing license to create The Laundry (2010), based on Stross' writings, wherein agents must contend with both the outer gods and the bureaucracy of the United Kingdom.

[13]: 432 In September 2012, Stross released The Rapture of the Nerds, a novel written in collaboration with Cory Doctorow.