Occupation Writer Name Guy Kay Nationality Canadian Role Writer | Period 1984–present Children Sam Alex Kay | |
Born November 7, 1954 (age 69)
Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada ( 1954-11-07 ) Genre Fantasy, historical fiction Education University of Toronto, University of Manitoba Awards World Fantasy Award for Best Novel Nominations Goodreads Choice Awards Best Fantasy People also search for Elisabeth Vonarburg, Sam Alex Kay, Helene Rioux Books Tigana, The Fionavar Tapestry, Under Heaven, The Lions of Al‑Rassan, The Sarantine Mosaic Profiles | ||
Notable works The Summer Tree
Tigana |
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Guy Gavriel Kay (born November 7, 1954) is a Canadian writer of fantasy fiction. Many of his novels are set in fictional realms that resemble real places during real historical periods, such as Constantinople during the reign of Justinian I or Spain during the time of El Cid. Those works are published and marketed as historical fantasy, although Kay has expressed a preference to avoid genre categorization.
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As of early 2016, Kay has published 13 novels and a book of poetry. His fiction has been translated into more than 25 languages.
Guy gavriel kay
Biography
Kay was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
When Christopher Tolkien needed an assistant to edit his father J. R. R. Tolkien's unpublished work, he chose Kay, then a student of philosophy at the University of Manitoba. Kay moved to Oxford in 1974 to assist Tolkien in editing The Silmarillion.
He returned to Canada in 1975 to take a law degree at the University of Toronto. He was called to the bar of Ontario in 1981.
Kay became Principal Writer and Associate Producer for a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio series, The Scales of Justice.
In 1984, Kay's first fantasy work, The Summer Tree, the first volume of the trilogy The Fionavar Tapestry, was published.