Pen name Kyell Gold Genre Fantasy
Romance Occupation Novelist Name Kyell Gold | Language English Role Novelist Nationality American | |
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Notable works Argaea series
Forester Universe Awards Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction, Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Novel Books Green Fairy, Waterways, Science Friction, In the Doghouse of Justice | ||
Nominations Shorty Award for Author | ||
Interview with kyell gold
Kyell Gold is the pen name of Tim Susman, a Californian novelist. Kyell Gold is chiefly known for writing male homosexual romance literature for the furry fandom. His published works include the Dev and Lee novels (Out of Position and its four sequels), the three Dangerous Spirits young adult novels, other books in the Forester Universe, and the three novels and several short stories in the Argaea series.
Contents
- Interview with kyell gold
- South afrifur pawdcast 17 october 2015 kyell gold
- History
- Current activities
- Published works
- As editor
- References
Gold, who represents himself as a Red Fox, is one of the most acclaimed furry writers, having won more Ursa Major Awards (the main awards given in the field of furry fandom works) than anyone else. He currently has eight awards (all since 2005); beating the previous record of six, held by Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai. Gold has also been acknowledged by non-furry writers. In 2010 he was nominated for the WSFA Small Press Award for short fiction.
In January 2017, Gold was interviewed in Slate regarding The Time He Desires, Islamophobia, Islam and homosexuality.
In May 2017, Tim Susman published an essay in Entropy magazine, explaining why he started to use the pen name Kyell Gold. On his blog, Gold explains why he is now open about his real name as "partly because I don't care as much now", but also because the Tim Susman novel The Tower and the Fox will be published soon. Tim Susman has previously published the novel Common and Precious, and is the co-founder of Sofawolf Press.
South afrifur pawdcast 17 october 2015 kyell gold
History
Gold's first published story was "The Prisoner's Release" in the magazine Heat, an adult publication by Sofawolf Press. Gold went on to write novels, starting with Volle, which became the first part of his Argaea fantasy series. Volle won Gold his first Ursa Major Award in 2005 for "Best Anthropomorphic Novel". In 2006, his sequel—Pendant of Fortune—won the 2006 Ursa Major Award in the same category. Fred Patten reviewed the pair, calling them "arguably the best anthropomorphic novels yet written". He also won that year's "Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction" for his short story Jacks to Open, published by Fur Rag.
Gold won his fourth Ursa Major with "Don't Blink" (published in Heat), which was voted "Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction" for 2007. He again won both the "Novel" and "Short Fiction" categories for 2008 with Waterways and In Between respectively. Gold won the same prizes again in the 2009 awards with Out of Position and Drifting.
In 2010, Gold was nominated for WSFA Small Press Award for short fiction with his story Race to the Moon.
Current activities
Gold himself has set a goal of writing at least one novel-length work a year, as well as a collection of short stories which are published on furry fandom websites Fur Affinity and SoFurry (previously YiffStar).
Outside his work, he lives with his husband Kit Silver and attends furry conventions around the world, using Twitter to tweet about them.
Published works
A list of printed editions of Gold's work, also including Twelve Sides (only sold as an ebook, potentially an audiobook).
As editor
Gold's stories have also been published in furry erotica magazines Heat (issues #1–6; Sofawolf Press) and FANG (issues #1–3; Bad Dog Books).