Sebastien de Castell

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Sebastien de Castell
Born Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada [1]
OccupationAuthor
NationalityCanadian, United Kingdom
Genre Fantasy
Website
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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]

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Both the Greatcoats and Spellslinger series are set in the same world, [4] 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. [5] Before publishing his first novel, de Castell worked at the Vancouver Film School. [2]

Bibliography

Novels

YearTitleSeries
2014 Traitor's Blade The Greatcoat series
2014Knight's ShadowThe Greatcoat series
2016Saint's BloodThe Greatcoat series
2017Tyrant's ThroneThe Greatcoat series
2017SpellslingerThe Spellslinger series
2017ShadowblackThe Spellslinger series
2018CharmcasterThe Spellslinger series
2018SoulbinderThe Spellslinger series
2019QueenslayerThe Spellslinger series
2019CrownbreakerThe Spellslinger series
2021Way of the ArgosiThe Argosi series
2021The Fall of the ArgosiThe Argosi series
2023The Malevolent Seven
2023The Fate of the ArgosiThe Argosi series
2023Crucible of ChaosThe Court Of Shadows series
2024Play Of ShadowsThe Court Of Shadows series

Short stories

Awards

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  2. 1 2 "Author Sebastien de Castell on the low demand for Canadian science fiction and fantasy lit". 23 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Vancouver fantasy writer signs blockbuster book deal". 18 July 2015.
  4. ↑ decastell (2020-08-19). "I'm Sebastien de Castell, author of the GREATCOATS and SPELLSLINGER series, and inventor of the squirrel cat. I'm here in support of The Pixel Project's work to End Violence Against Women. AMA!". r/Fantasy. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  5. ↑ "An Interview with Sebastien de Castell". 12 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Firewood (Spellslinger, #2.1)". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
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