Background
He grew up in Marysville, Ohio and attended Ohio State University.
He grew up in Marysville, Ohio and attended Ohio State University.
He also attended the University of Oxford.
His first story, Footnotes, was published in 2001 in Fantasy and Science Fiction where many of his stories have since been published. He also wrote chapters for the "hoax-novel" Atlanta Nights. In January 2015, Finlay was named the 9th editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.