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Guy Gavriel Kay

Canada (b.1954)

Guy Gavriel Kay was born and raised in Canada. In 1974-5 he spent a year in Oxford assisting Christopher Tolkien in his editorial construction of J R R Tolkien’s posthumously published THE SILMARILLION. He took a law degree at the University of Toronto on his return to Canada and was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1981. Guy Gavriel Kay lives in Toronto.

Genres: Fantasy, Historical

Series

Fionavar Tapestry
   1. The Summer Tree (1984)
   2. The Wandering Fire (1986)
   3. The Darkest Road (1986)

Sarantine Mosaic
1. Sailing to Sarantium (1998)
2. Lord of Emperors (1999)

Under Heaven
1. Under Heaven (2010)
2. River of Stars (2013)

Novels

   Tigana (1990)
   A Song for Arbonne (1992)
   The Lions of Al-Rassan (1995)
   The Last Light of the Sun (2003)
   Ysabel (2007)
   Children of Earth and Sky (2016)
   A Brightness Long Ago (2019)
   All the Seas of the World (2022)

Collections

Beyond This Dark House (poems) (2003)

Awards

	John W. Campbell Best Book nominee (1986) : The Summer Tree
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1987) : The Summer Tree
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1991) : Tigana
	World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1991) : Tigana
	World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1999) : Sailing to Sarantium
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (2001) : Sailing to Sarantium
	World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (2001) : Lord of Emperors
	British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2005) : The Last Light of the Sun
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (2008) : Ysabel
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (2008) : Ysabel
	World Fantasy Best Novel winner (2008) : Ysabel
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (2011) : Under Heaven
	World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (2011) : Under Heaven