Toronto: knee-deep in major SF/F authors!
by Rob - November 21st, 2008.Filed under: Uncategorized.
I was asked to put together a list of major authors who had each written multiple books of science fiction and/or fantasy (especially if published as such) living in or near Toronto (which I rather arbitrarily chose to mean London, Ontario, to the west; Orillia, Ontario, to the north; and Kingston, Ontario to the east).
Here’s the list I came up with; it’s an incredibly impressive bunch, I must say:
- Kelley Armstrong: USA Today and New York Times bestselling author
- Margaret Atwood: Nebula finalist, Arthur C. Clarke Award winner
- R. Scott Bakker: bestselling fantasy author for Penguin
- Don Bassingthwaite: author of gaming tie-in novels
- John Robert Colombo: major anthologist, host of “Unexplained Canada” on Space
- Julie E. Czerneda: a mainstay for DAW Books; multiple Aurora Award winner
- James Alan Gardner: Hugo and Nebula Award finalist, Aurora Award winner
- Phyllis Gotlieb: Nebula Award finalist, Canada’s first major SF author who didn’t leave the country
- Terence M. Green: two-time World Fantasy Award finalist for best novel
- Ed Greenwood: bestselling fantasy writer for Tor
- Nalo Hopkinson: World Fantasy and Aurora Award winner; Nebula finalist
- Tanya Huff: bestselling DAW author with a TV series based on her “Blood” books
- Guy Gavriel Kay: World Fantasy and Aurora Award winner, #1 Globe and Mail bestseller
- Karin Lowachee: winner of the Warner Aspect first-novel competition, and author of many novels since
- Scott Mackay: major SF author for Roc; also a fine mystery writer
- Kenneth Oppel: author of the bestselling Silverwing trilogy
- Fiona Patton: significant fantasy author for DAW
- Michael Rowe: wonderful horror writer
- Michelle Sagara / Michelle West: prolific author for DAW
- Robert J. Sawyer: Hugo, Nebula, Aurora, and John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner
- Karl Schroeder: Aurora Award winner, hot author for Tor and Analog
- Caitlin Sweet: Aurora-nominated fantasy author for Penguin
- Edo van Belkom: Bram Stoker Award winner, Aurora Award winner, Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award winner
- Peter Watts: Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Memorial Award finalist, Aurora winner
- Andrew Weiner: frequent contributor to Asimov’s SF and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction; author of two novels and two short-story collections
- Robert Charles Wilson: Hugo Award winner, Philip K. Dick Award winner, John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner, Theodore Sturgeon Award winner
The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site