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I'm a senior lecturer and researcher at Coventry University, England and Chair of the British Science Fiction Association. I have worked on writing for the computer games, Elite Dangerous, Chaos Reborn, Phoenix Point and Baldur's Gate 3.
I have taught writing for twenty years, specialising in scriptwriting, fantasy and science fiction. In that time I've taught some great aspiring young writers and learned as much from them as they have from me.
I completed my Ph. D. in Creative Writing at the University of Winchester in 2017. My specialism was in "writing techniques and world development structures in Science Fiction and Fantasy". My research has led to secondment with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) working on 'Creative Futures', a project that uses science fiction writing techniques to help discuss the challenges the world will face in the next century.
'A Bag of Bedtime Tales' is my first venture into e-book publishing. Since publishing this in 2011, I've added three fantasy novels, 'The Sword of Wisimir' and 'The Dragon of Wisimir' in 2012, 'Lord of Wisimir' in 2013. In 2014, I published 'Elite: Lave Revolution'. After a few months of this being withdrawn, the second edition arrived on Amazon in June 2015.
In 2016, I published Dreams of Chaos and The Loremaster's Guide. Both part of my work with Julian Gollop and Snapshot Games. I also had a story featured in Newcon Press' Crises and Conflicts, which is being republished by Baen Books in 2017.
In 2017-2019 I worked on the computer game Phoenix Point, which was released in December 2019.
In 2020, my new novel, - Fearless, was published by Flame Tree Press and received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly. I also have short stories in the Forgotten Sidekicks and Lost Gods anthologies published in 2020 and 2021 by Grimbold Books.
In 2022, Flame Tree Press published the sequel to Fearless, Resilient, the second book in the Fractal Series.
In June 2023 Rowman and Littlefield published the second edition of The Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, written and edited by me.
In September 2023, Flame Tree Press published Europa, a new episode in the Fractal Series.
I regularly write about and review Science Fiction and Fantasy for for a variety of different outlets.
You can find more information about me on my website - http://www.allenstroud.com
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