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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
 
New and upcoming books
Novels
   Tigana (1990)
   A Song for Arbonne (1992)
   The Lions of Al-Rassan (1995)
   The Last Light of the Sun (2004)
   Ysabel (2007)
   Written on the Dark (2025)
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Collections
   Beyond This Dark House (poems) (2003)
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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


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