Charlie Jane Anders (born July 24, 1969) is an American writer specializing in speculative fiction.

She has written several novels as well as shorter fiction, published in magazines and on websites, and hosted podcasts; these works cater to both adults and adolescent readers.

[9] Anders was born in a small farm town near Storrs, Connecticut on July 24, 1969[10][11][12] and grew up in nearby Mansfield.

[15] In 2006, she was a co-founding editor of the science fiction blog io9,[1] a position she left in April 2016 to focus on novel writing.

She organized a "ballerina pie fight" in 2005 for Other magazine;[31] co-organized the Cross-Gender Caravan, a national transgender and genderqueer author tour;[32] and a Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl in San Francisco.

[37] A television adaptation of Anders' Six Months, Three Days was being prepared for NBC in 2013,[needs update] with the script written by Eric Garcia.

[41][42][43] Anders co-created the Marvel Comics character Shela Sexton, also known as Escapade, a trans mutant super hero.