Charles Ardai

Charles Ardai
Ardai at a Midtown Comics
signing in Manhattan
Alma materColumbia University
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • writer
  • editor
  • television producer
EmployerD. E. Shaw & Co.
Notable workJuno Online Services
Hard Case Crime
AwardsEdgar Award (2007)
Shamus Award (2008)
Ellery Queen Award (2015)
Inkpot Award (2024)

Charles Ardai is an American businessman, and writer of crime fiction and mysteries. He is co-founder and editor of Hard Case Crime, a line of pulp-style paperback crime novels. He was also an early employee of D. E. Shaw & Co. and a managing director of the firm. He is the former chairman of Schrödinger, Inc.