 Twitter profile picture, public domain | Guy Gavriel KayIncludes the names: GG Kay, Guy Kay, Guy Kay, Guy G. Kay, Gavriel Kay, Guy Gavriel, Kay Gavriel, Guy Gavirl Kay, Guy Garviel Kay, Guy Gavriel Kay ... (see complete list), Guy Gavriel Key, Guy Garriel Kay, Guy Gavreil Kay, Guy Gauriel Kay, Gut Gavriel Kay, Kay Gavriel Guy, Guy Gavriel Kay, Guy Gabriel Kay, Gavriel Guy Kay, Gay Gavriel Kay, Kay Guy Gavriel, Guy Gavriel Kaye, Guy Guy Gavriel; Gavriel Kay Kay | 31,643 (61,682) | 1,145 | 520 |  (3.97) | 311 | 0 | Guy Gavriel Kay was born on November 7, 1954 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada. He became interested in fantasy fiction while working as an assistant to Christopher Tolkien. He assisted him with the editing of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion. After receiving a law degree from the University of Toronto, he became principal writer and associate producer for the CBC radio series, The Scales of Justice. He also wrote several episodes when the series moved to television. He has written social and political commentary for several publications including the National Post, The Globe and Mail, and The Guardian. His first fantasy novels were The Summer Tree, The Wandering Fire, and The Darkest Road, which make up the Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy. His other works include A Song for Arbonne, The Lions of Al-Rassan, Beyond This Dark House, The Last Light of the Sun, and Under Heaven. He has received numerous awards including and the Aurora Award for Tigana and The Wandering Fire, the 2008 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for Ysabel, and the International Goliardos Award for his work in the fantasy field. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Tigana … (more) |
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Guy Gavriel Kay has 6 past events. (show)  River of Stars: One on One with Guy Gavriel Kay Join us for an evening with Guy Gavriel Kay, the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of Ysabe l and Under Heaven . His latest, River of Stars is an epic of prideful emperors, battling courtiers, nomadic invasions, and of a woman fighting to find her place in the world. In an empire divided by bitter factions circling an exquisitely cultured emperor who loves his gardens and his art far more than the burdens of governing, dramatic events on the northern steppe alter the balance of power in the world, leading, under the river of stars, to events no one could have foretold. (thebookpile)… (more)Incite: An Exploration of Books and Ideas A program for adults, Wednesday April 17, 7:30 pm-9:00 pm, Free Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Please join award-winning authors Guy Gavriel Kay and Ruth Ozeki as they read from their recent novels. River of Stars is Guy Gavriel Kay's epic tale of prideful emperors, battling courtiers, bandits and soldiers, nomadic invasions, and a woman battling in her own way, to find a place in the world - a world inspired by the glittering, decadent Song Dynasty.
Guy Gavriel Kay won the 2008 World Fantasy Award for his novel Ysabel and the International Goliardos Prize, and is a two-time winner of the Aurora Award. His works have been translated into more than 25 languages and have appeared on bestseller lists around the world.
A Tale for the Time Being is Ruth Ozeki's powerful story about the ways in which reading and writing connect two people who will never meet. Spanning the planet from Tokyo's Electric Town to Desolation Sound, British Columbia, and connected by the great Pacific gyres, A Tale for the Time Being tells the story of a washed up diary, concealed in a Hello Kitty lunchbox, and the profound effect it has on the woman who discovers it.
Ruth Ozeki is the author of the award-winning novel My Year of Meats and her book All Over Creation was the recipient of a 2004 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, as well as the Willa Literary Award for Contemporary Fiction.
For more information please contact Vancouver Public Library at 604-331-3603 (starfishian)… (more) Guy Gavriel Kay -- Book Launch Guy Gavriel Kay -- Book Launch Monday Apr 15 2013 7:00 pm - Grant Park in the Atrium, Winnipeg Winnipeg launch of River of Stars (Penguin Group Canada). From the bestselling author of Under Heaven comes an epic of prideful emperors, battling courtiers, nomadic invasions, and of a woman fighting to find her place in the world. In an empire divided by bitter factions circling an exquisitely cultured emperor who loves his gardens and his art far more than the burdens of governing, dramatic events on the northern steppe alter the balance of power, leading, under the river of stars, to events no one could have foretold.
Guy Gavriel Kay is an internationally bestselling author. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in the literature of the fantastic, is a two-time winner of the Aurora Award, and won the 2008 World Fantasy Award for Ysabel. Kay’s most recent novel, the highly acclaimed Under Heaven, was the recipient of the 2011 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. His works have been translated into twenty-five languages. (starfishian)… (more) Fantastic Fiction Guy Gavriel Kay discusses Under Heaven. Guy Gavriel Kay has become a world–renowned star of speculative fiction in the tradition of Tolkien. Author of 10 novels with over 2 million copies in print, Kay brings his 2010 release, Under Heaven, inspired by the glory of Tang Dynasty China. In conversation with de Quincey biographer Rob Morrison, he’ll explore the possibilities of parallel worlds in writing what Kay prefers to call “history with a twist.” Venue: Islandview Room, Holiday Inn. Tickets: $12.50. (thebookpile)… (more) Guy Gavriel Kay, Under Heaven Event location: Princess Twin Cinema - 46 King St.N. Waterloo Under Heaven with Guy Gavriel Kay Guy Gavriel Kay reads from Under Heaven. Inspired by the glory of Tang Dynasty China in the eighth century, Guy Gavriel Kay melds history and the fantastic into something both powerful and emotionally compelling. Under Heaven is a novel on the grandest narrative scale, encompassing the intimate details of individual lives in an unforgettable time and place. Tickets: $15 General / $10 Student or Senior (Free for Festival Members) (thebookpile)… (more)
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| Canonical name | | | Legal name | | | Other names | | | Date of birth | | | Date of death | | | Burial location | | | Gender | | | Nationality | | | Country (for map) | | | Birthplace | | | Place of death | | | Cause of death | | | Places of residence | | | Education | | | Occupations | | | Relationships | | | Organizations | | | Awards and honors | | | Agents | | | Short biography | Guy Gavriel Kay (born November 7, 1954) is a Canadian author 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, though the author himself has expressed a preference to shy away from genre categorization when possible. 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 at the University of Manitoba, whose parents were friends of Baillie Tolkien's parents. Kay moved to Oxford in 1974 to assist Tolkien in the editing of The Silmarillion.
He returned to Canada in 1976 to finish a law degree at the University of Toronto, and became interested in fiction writing.
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.  | |
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