Guy Gavriel Kay

Guy Gavriel Kay in 2006

Guy Gavriel Kay is an award-winning Canadian fantasy author. His works are known for hewing close to medieval European history, and for having very little magic.

As a young man, he worked with Christopher Tolkien preparing JRR Tolkien's The Silmarillion for publication.

Works written by Guy Gavriel Kay include:

• The Fionavar Tapestry
  • The Summer Tree
  • The Wandering Fire
  • The Darkest Road
• Tigana
• A Song For Arbonne
• The Lions of Al-Rassan
• The Sarantine Mosaic
  • Sailing To Sarantium
  • Lord Of Emperors
• Beyond This Dark House
• The Last Light of the Sun
• Ysabel
• Under Heaven

Guy Gavriel Kay provides examples of the following tropes:

• Alien Sky: The multiple moons variety.
• Author Appeal: Masquerade carnivals with anonymous sex. Also, male submission and cheating wives.
• Canon Welding: Elements from The Fionavar Tapestry show up in other books occasionally.
• Crystal Dragon Jesus
• Deadly Decadent Court
• Double Standard: Kay consistently portrays cheating husbands as scum, but cheating wives as perfectly acceptable.
• Earn Your Happy Ending
• Fantasy Counterpart Culture
• Grey and Gray Morality
• Historical Fantasy
• Low Fantasy
• True Companions
• Two Lines, No Waiting