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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.

Awards: WFA (2008) see all

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 (2004)
   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

	2008 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel : Ysabel
	1991 Aurora Award for Best Novel : Tigana
	1987 Aurora Award for Best Novel : The Wandering Fire

Award nominations

	2023 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : All the Seas of the World
	2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : A Brightness Long Ago
	2020 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Brightness Long Ago
	2017 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Children of Earth and Sky
	2017 Aurora Award for Best of the Decade (nominee) : Under Heaven
	2017 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Children of Earth and Sky
	2014 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : River of Stars
	2014 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : River of Stars
	2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Under Heaven
	2011 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee) : Under Heaven
	2011 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Under Heaven
	2011 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Under Heaven
	2008 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee) : Ysabel
	2008 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Ysabel
	2005 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Last Light of the Sun
	2005 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Last Light of the Sun
	2001 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Lord of Emperors
	2001 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee) : Sailing to Sarantium
	2001 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Lord of Emperors
	1999 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Sailing to Sarantium
	1999 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Sailing to Sarantium
	1999 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Sailing to Sarantium
	1996 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Lions of Al-Rassan
	1996 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Lions of Al-Rassan
	1994 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Song for Arbonne
	1993 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : A Song for Arbonne
	1993 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Song for Arbonne
	1991 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Tigana
	1991 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : Tigana
	1991 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Tigana
	1988 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Darkest Road
	1987 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : The Summer Tree
	1987 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Darkest Road
	1986 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : The Summer Tree
	1986 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Summer Tree
	1986 Astounding Award for Best New Writer (nominee) : The Summer Tree

Guy Gavriel Kay recommends

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(Merlin Codex, book 1)
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