Charles Stross was born in Leeds, England in 1964. He holds degrees in pharmacy and computer science, and has worked in a variety of jobs including pharmacist, technical author, software engineer, and freelance journalist. He is now a full-time writer.
Joining the ranks of William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and Bruce Sterling, Stross fuses ideas and characters with cheerful abandon. ("Library Journal") "The act of creation seems to come easily to Charles Stross...[He] is peerless at dreaming up devices that could conceivably exist in six, sixty, or six hundred years' time." - The New York Times "A NEW WORK OF CREDIBLE AND BOLD SF." - Science Fiction Weekly "A world in which new ideas drip from every page." - Revolution Science Fiction "Stross's latest and best (so far) novel...A twisty, engrossing, and very well-done paranoia thriller." - SF Site "Where Charles Stross goes today, the rest of science fiction will follow tomorrow."--Gardner Dozois, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine "A new kind of future requires a new breed of guide--someone like Stross."--Popular Science "Where Charles Stross goes today, the rest of science fiction will follow tomorrow."--Gardner Dozois, Editor, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine"A new kind of future requires a new breed of guide--someone like Stross."--Popular Science Where Charles Stross goes today, the rest of science fiction will follow tomorrow. Gardner Dozois, Editor, Asimov s Science Fiction Magazine A new kind of future requires a new breed of guide someone like Stross. Popular Science "