Charles Cornell
CHARLES A CORNELL lives in Epworth in North Lincolnshire, England with his wife and a ginger tabby. When Charles isn’t trying to survive the chaos of everyday life, he’s dreaming up speculative fiction ranging from the mysterious to the macabre, often by blending science fiction with fantasy and alternative history. He’s a regular contributor to podcasts, seminars, and conferences, and conducts webinars and workshops on his specialty, retro-punk fiction (Steampunk, Dieselpunk).
His first published novel, Tiger Paw, won the 2012 Royal Palm Literary Award for Best Thriller from the Florida Writers Association.
His dieselpunk work, DragonFly is a retro-futuristic collision of science fiction and fantasy with a generous dash of alternative history. DragonFly was a 2014 Royal Palm Literary Award Finalist in Science Fiction, has received two prestigious Reader's Favorite Five Star Reviews, and won the 2018 Reader's Favorite Silver Medal in the Young Adult - Action category.
His newest novel series, Astragenesis opens with Reborn, an alien invasion/post-apocalyptic thriller set in the Western USA decades after nuclear wars and climate change have ravaged the world. A gutsy emergency doctor and a brilliant astrophysicist face impossible odds to survive aliens who have engineered a new species of humans to replace us.
Charles's short stories and novellas have appeared in the anthologies, The Prometheus Saga, Return To Earth, The Masters Reimagined, The Light Fantastic, and In Shadows Written. His Prometheus Saga science fiction stories Crystal Night and The Orchid Man both won FWA Royal Palm Gold Medals for Short Fiction.
His new tool for character creation, The Character Quad, is a great addition to any author's library shelf whether writing a single novel or building a multi-character universe for a novel series.
Please visit him at Cornell-SciFi.com for news on his latest publications, writing projects, author signings, promotions, and giveaways; and for musings on steampunk, dieselpunk, and retrofuturism.
