Charles G. Finney
(December 1, 1905 – April 16, 1984)
Charles Grandison Finney was an American fantasy novelist. He is best remembered for his first novel, The Circus of Dr. Lao, which won one of the inaugural National Book Awards and inspired the Hugo-nominated film The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao (1964). During his 30-year writing career, he produced three novels and two short story collections, after which he said he had run out of ideas and stopped writing.
Finney was the great-grandson and namesake of evangelist Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875). He was born in Sedalia, Missouri. He served in Tientsin, China, with the U.S. Army 15th Infantry Regiment (E Company) from 1927 to 1929. After the Army, he worked as a news editor for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson from 1930 to 1970. Finney suffered a stroke in 1978 from which he never fully recovered.
- Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
- Profile at Great SF and F.
- Papers at the University of Arizona.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1935 — National Book Award for the Most Original Book
- 1978 – Halfacon 78 (did not attend)
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