Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes


Do we value privacy in any real way? Thinking about blogs, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace... all these suggest we value exposure rather more. And instead of challenging this transformation, as they are supposed to - certainly at the more thoughtful edges of the art - novelists are buying into it wholesale.


Citations

Kay, Guy Gavriel. Interview. Locus Magazine, Apr. 2010.

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Guy Gavriel Kay
Guy Gavriel Kay
  • Born: November 7, 1954
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Profession: Writer

Guy Gavriel Kay is a Canadian writer of fantasy fiction. The majority of his novels take place in fictional settings 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. Kay has expressed a preference to avoid genre categorization of these works as historical fantasy. As of 2019, Kay has published 14 novels and a book of poetry. As of 2018, his fiction has been translated into more than 30 languages.