# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guy-gavriel-kay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:32:28.432Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/guy-gavriel-kay"
name: "Guy Gavriel Kay"
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description: "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 2025, Kay has published 16 novels and a book of poetry. As of 2018, his fiction has been translated into at least 22 languages. Kay is also a qualified lawyer in Canada."
tagline: "Canadian author of fantasy fiction (born 1954)"
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gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1954-11-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump