Sebastien de Castell
Sebastien de Castell | |
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| Born | Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada[1] |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Canadian, United Kingdom |
| Genre | Fantasy |
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Sebastien de Castell is a Canadian fantasy writer, mostly known for his Greatcoat series that has been described as "Three Musketeers meets high fantasy",[2] and which got him nominated several science fiction and fantasy awards, such as the Astounding Award for Best New Writer and the David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy. His next series Spellslinger would see him nominated for Grand prix de l'Imaginaire and the Sunburst Award, as well as the winner of the Elbakin.net Award. De Castell has stated his interest in writing "optimistic but flawed heroes", saying that it was the type of heroes he enjoyed reading about as a kid, but placed "in an environment that had some of the depth and darkness".[3]
De Castell has at various time worked as a full-time musician, an interaction designer, teacher, project manager, fight choreographer, actor and more.[4] Before publishing his first novel, de Castell worked at the Vancouver Film School.[2]
Bibliography[]
Novels[]
| Year | Title | Series |
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| 2014 | Traitor's Blade | The Greatcoat series |
| 2014 | Knight's Shadow | The Greatcoat series |
| 2016 | Saint's Blood | The Greatcoat series |
| 2017 | Tyrant's Throne | The Greatcoat series |
| 2017 | Spellslinger | The Spellslinger series |
| 2017 | Shadowblack | The Spellslinger series |
| 2018 | Charmcaster | The Spellslinger series |
| 2018 | Soulbinder | The Spellslinger series |
| 2019 | Queenslayer | The Spellslinger series |
| 2019 | Crownbreaker | The Spellslinger series |
| 2021 | Way of the Argosi | The Spellslinger series |
Short Stories[]
- The Fox and the Bowman (2018)
Awards[]
Won[]
- Elbakin.net, Best translated fantasy YA, Winner 2018 (Spellslinger)[5]
Nominated[]
- Goodreads Choice Award, Semi-Finalist 2014 (Traitor's Blade)[6]
- David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy, Morningstar Award for Best Debut, Finalist 2015 [7]
- Astounding Award for Best New Writer, Finalist 2016 [8]
- Prix_Imaginales, Foreign translation, Finalist 2016 (Traitor's Blade)[9]
- Grand prix de l'Imaginaire, Best Foreign Young Adult, Finalist 2019 (Spellslinger, Shadowblack)[10]
- Sunburst Award, Young Adult Award, Finalist 2019 (Spellslinger)[11]
References[]
- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Sebastien de Castell".
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Author Sebastien de Castell on the low demand for Canadian science fiction and fantasy lit". 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Vancouver fantasy writer signs blockbuster book deal". 18 July 2015.
- ^ "An Interview with Sebastien de Castell". 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Elbakin.net Association Présentation" [Elbakin.net Association Presentation] (in French).
- ^ "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Fantasy!". Goodreads.
- ^ Glyer, Mike (June 1, 2015). "Voting Opens for 2015 David Gemmell Awards".
- ^ Says, Scryde ru (December 29, 2015). "2016 Hugo Awards".
- ^ "Prix Imaginales 2016" [2016 Imaginal Awards] (in French).
- ^ "Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2019" [Grand Prix of the Imaginary 2019] (in French). 7 October 2019.
- ^ "2019 Sunburst Winners". 9 June 2019.
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