Sebastien de Castell is a Canadian fantasy writer, mostly known for his ''Greatcoat'' series that has been described as "''Three Musketeers'' meets high fantasy", and which got him nominated several

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and

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awards, such as the

Astounding Award for Best New Writer The ''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous ...

and the

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. His next series ''Spellslinger'' would see him nominated for Grand prix de l'Imaginaire and the

Sunburst Award The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual award given for a speculative fiction novel or a book-length collection. History The name of the award comes from the title of the first novel by Phyllis Gotlieb, ''Sunburst' ...

, 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". Both the Greatcoats and Spellslinger series are set in the same world, as are their follow on series "The Court Of Shadows" and "Argosi" series. De Castell has at various time worked as a full-time musician, an interaction designer, teacher, project manager, fight choreographer, actor and more. Before publishing his first novel, de Castell worked at the Vancouver Film School.

Bibliography

Novels

Short Stories

* Firewood (a Spellslinger short story) * ''The Fox and the Bowman'' (2018) * The Kings Letters (2018) (a Greatcoats short story) * The Dowager Magus (2018) (a Spellslinger short story) * The Sword Of Seven Tears (2021) (a Greatcoat short story) * The Red Lily (2021) (a Spellslinger short story) * The Obsidian Worm (2021) (a Spellslinger short story) * Six-String Demon (2021) * Tales Of The Greatcoats (2021) (a collection of Greatcoats short stories, some previously published by Dashing Blades) ** Death Of the Swashbuckler ** A Study In Steel ** Dance Of The Chamberlain ** Grave Of Thorns ** Memories Of Flame ** The Assassin's Heresy ** The Wheelwright's Duel ** Duel With The Demon ** When The Sword Seems To Smile * Collision (2022) * Mister Farnsworth Versus the Alien Demons of Ancient Egypt (2022)

Awards

Won

* Elbakin.net, Best translated fantasy YA, Winner 2018 (''Spellslinger'')

Nominated

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, Semi-Finalist 2014 (''Traitor's Blade'') *

, Morningstar Award for Best Debut, Finalist 2015 *

, Finalist 2016 * ''Prix_Imaginales'', Foreign translation, Finalist 2016 (''Traitor's Blade'') * Grand prix de l'Imaginaire, Best Foreign Young Adult, Finalist 2019 (''Spellslinger'', ''Shadowblack'') *

, Young Adult Award, Finalist 2019 (''Spellslinger'')

References

External links

* 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian fantasy writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Fantasy-writer-stub