Allen Stroud

Dr. Allen Stroud is a researcher at Coventry University, working in Defence and Security Futures. He was Chair of the British Science Fiction Association between 2019 and 2025. and was editor of the British Fantasy Society Journal from 2015 to 2019. He is an award-winning writer and writes critical works, short stories, novels and music. His Fractal series, a collection of science fiction novels and shorter ‘episodes’ are published by Flame Tree Press. His Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature (2023) and Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature (2026) are published by Bloomsbury.

Dr 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.