Guy Gavriel Kay

(1954 --)

Guy Gavriel Kay is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction. Many of his novels are set in fictional realms that resemble real places during real historical periods. Those works are published and marketed as historical fantasy. To date Kay has written 12 novels and a book of poetry. His fiction has been translated into more than 25 languages.

Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1986 -- Campbell Award nominee
• 1989 -- Mythcon XX
• 1992 -- CAN*CON '92
• 1993 -- ConFrancisco
• 1994 -- ArmadilloCon 16
• 1995 -- BanffCon 95
• 2000 -- 2Kon
• 2002 -- Ad Astra 2002, Con-Version 19
• 2006 -- Boréal 2006
• 2008 -- World Fantasy Award for Ysabel
• 2009 -- ICFA 30
• 2014 -- 2014 World Fantasy Convention
• 2017 -- When Words Collide 2017

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