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Celia S. Friedman (born January 12, 1957) is an American speculative fiction author who often writes as "C. S. Friedman."

As of 2022, she has published fourteen novels, numerous short stories—several of which were included in her 2021 collection, The Dreaming Kind, and a sourcebook for White Wolf's Vampire: The Masquerade role-playing game.

Originally a costume designer, Friedman began her publishing career in 1986. She quit costuming in 1996 to write full-time.

Friedman was nominated for the John W. Campbell award for Best New Writer in 1988 (now called the Astounding Award, and her novel This Alien Shore was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1998. In 2006, she was the author guest of honor at ICON, the oldest and largest science fiction convention in Iowa.