Dr. Allen Stroud

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Ph. D. Author, Composer, Reviewer, Lecturer. Chair of the @BSFA Author of Fearless, published by @Flametreepress . Reviews Editor of @FoundationSF

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About Dr. Allen Stroud

Allen Stroud is a lecturer at Coventry University, where he teaches BA (Hons) Media. Stroud completed a Ph. D. at the University of Winchester entitled An Investigation and Application of Writing Structures and World Development Techniques in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This covered his work on the computer games, Elite Dangerous (2014) and Chaos Reborn (2016). He then worked on Phoenix Point (2019) and Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios, due for release in 2021.

Stroud was a co-founder of Lave Radio, an Elite: Dangerous fan podcast that started in February 2013 and runs the annual convention Lavecon. His novel set in the Elite: Dangerous game world, called Elite: Lave Revolution was successfully funded on Kickstarter and published in late 2014. Stroud then supported Spidermind Games in developing the Elite Dangerous Roleplaying Game and worked for Make Believe Games on Revolutionaries (2019), I Am Zombie (2021) and Solemn Vale (TBA).

Stroud was chair of Fantasycon 2017 and 2018, the annual convention of the British Fantasy Society, which hosts the British Fantasy Awards and will be chair of Fantasycon 2021. In June 2019, he became Chair of the British Science Fiction Association, taking over from Donna Bond.

Stroud’s science fiction novel, Fearless (2020) published by Flame Tree Press was praised as “hard sf”, offering glimpses of a vividly plausible future for humanity as it colonises the solar system.

“Stroud raises fascinating questions about the politics of space exploration.”- Publisher’s Weekly

“Rigorous hard SF with a powerful but flawed protagonist and a fascinating historical background, Fearless is a treat for just about any Analog reader.” AnalogSF

“Fast-paced, gripping hard SF with death in hard vacuum waiting at every turn.” Adrian Tchaikovsky

https://www.amazon.com/Fearless-Fiction-Without-Frontiers-Stroud/dp/1787585409

Stroud also composes music for podcasts and audio drama. He has worked extensively with The Radio Theatre Workshop and he has recently signed up for a new series being produced by Alternative Stories and Fake Realities.

Stroud continues to write academic papers, reviews, articles and fiction in science fiction, fantasy and horror. He lives in a messy house with three cats and his partner, Karen.

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