C. S. E. Cooney (she/her) is a two-time World Fantasy Award-winning author for her novel Saint Death’s Daughter, and for her collection Bone Swans, Stories. Her other published work includes Saint Death’s Herald, The Twice-Drowned Saint, Dark Breakers, and Desdemona and the Deep.
As a voice actor, Cooney has narrated over 120 audiobooks, as well as short fiction for podcasts such as Uncanny Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Tales to Terrify, and Podcastle. In March 2023, she produced her collaborative sci-fi musical, Ballads from a Distant Star, at New York City’s Arts on Site. (Find her other music at Bandcamp under Brimstone Rhine.)
With her husband, writer and game-designer Carlos Hernandez, she co-designed the GM-less TTRPG Negocios Infernales (“the Spanish Inquisition… INTERRUPTED by aliens!”), out from Outland Entertainment in 2024.
You can learn more about C. S. E. Cooney on her website, csecooney.com, and follow her on Substack as csecooney, Twitch as csecooney, YouTube as @c.s.e.cooney, Instagram as @csecooney, and Bluesky as @csecooney.bsky.social.
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