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Allen Stroud is a university lecturer and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer from Bedfordshire, England. He worked on the computer game Elite: Dangerous with David Braben and Frontier Developments as both a concept writer and official author, publishing Elite: Lave Revolution in 2014. The audio version from the Radio Theatre Workshop was launched in 2018. He writes for role-playing games and computer games and is currently Lead Writer on Phoenix Point.
In 2017, Allen won a short story competition to appear in the Clarke Award anthology with Clarke Award winners and nominees. That anthology, 2001: An Anthology in Words was published in June 2018, by Newcon Press.
Allen writes reviews for The British Fantasy Society, SFBook.com and Concatenation.org and is the editor of the British Fantasy Society Journal. He was the Chair of Fantasycon for 2017 and 2018.
Allen's personal website is here - http://www.allenstroud.com.
Allen's research interests focus around Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror, with a focus on print outputs, film, television, audio and games. A particular focus in looking at mythology and mythic construction as well as the referential qualities of each genre.
Allen is a practice based researcher, applying critical writing to his creative outputs.
Creative Writing, Doctorate, University of Winchester
1 Sep 2013 → 1 Nov 2017
Award Date: 1 Nov 2017
Management Studies, Postgraduate Diploma, Buckinghamshire New University
1 Sep 2008 → 1 Jul 2009
Award Date: 1 Jul 2009
Creative Writing, MA, University of Bedfordshire
1 Sep 2004 → 1 Dec 2005
Award Date: 1 Dec 2005
Higher Education, Postgraduate Certificate, Buckinghamshire New University
1 Sep 2003 → 1 Jul 2004
Award Date: 1 Jul 2004
External Examiner, Canterbury Christ Church University
15 Jan 2018 → 30 Oct 2018External Examiner, Kingston University
1 Sep 2017 → …Lead Writer, Snapshot Games
1 May 2017 → …External Examiner, University of Bedfordshire
1 Mar 2017 → 1 Jul 2017External Examiner, University Campus Suffolk
30 Sep 2016 → …Lead Writer, Make Believe Games
1 Mar 2016 → …Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Allen Stroud (Peer Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Allen Stroud (Editorial Board Member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Allen Stroud (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public Engagement Event
Allen Stroud (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public Engagement Event
Allen Stroud (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Stroud, Allen (Recipient), 1 Sep 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)