Content deleted Content added
→References: remove overcatting using AWB |
m Moving from Category:Women science fiction and fantasy writers to Category:American women science fiction and fantasy writers using Cat-a-lot |
||
(36 intermediate revisions by 28 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{short description|American author}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{Notability|1=Biographies|date=August 2022}}
{{Unreliable sources|date=August 2022}}
}}▼
{{Infobox writer
| name = Kelly Gay
Line 15 ⟶ 20:
| website =
}}
'''Kelly Gay''' is an American author, known for her work in the science fiction/fantasy genre, particularly [[urban fantasy]]. Gay has written books in both the adult and [[
==Personal life==
{{Quote box
| quote = "In urban fantasy I was really inspired by [[Emma Bull]] and [[Laurell K. Hamilton]] and then by [[Kim Harrison]]."
| source = —'''Kelly Gay'''<ref name=authors>{{cite news |first=Sara |last=M
| width = 185px
| align = right
}}
As a child, Kelly Gay was introduced to fantasy by her mother and grandmother, both avid storytellers. She grew up reading and researching mythologies and ancient histories from around the world,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kellygay.com/ |title=Home |website=kellygay.com}}</ref> and eventually writing paranormal stories and screenplays while working an assortment of jobs.<ref>{{cite news |first=E.J. |last=Stevens
In 2008, two of her unpublished manuscripts became finalists in the Golden Heart Awards, presented by [[Romance Writers of America]].<ref>{{cite news
==Career==
Line 33 ⟶ 38:
Gay's debut novel, ''The Better Part of Darkness'', was released in November 2009. It is the first book in the [[Charlie Madigan series]]. Set in [[Atlanta]], the story presents a future in which humanity has discovered two paranormal dimensions. As a result, Earth becomes a new home for various benevolent or malicious supernatural beings. The series follows the personal and professional challenges of Charlie Madigan, a single mother and a policewoman.
A review from ''[[Booklist]]'' called the first novel "extraordinary."<ref>{{cite news |first=Diana |last=Herald
The second Charlie Madigan novel, ''The Darkest Edge of Dawn'', was released in August 2010. ''Romantic Times Book Reviews'' called it better than its predecessor, and remarked that the "tight plotting keeps the pace brisk and the action exciting."<ref>{{cite news |first=Jill |last=Smith
===Young-adult fiction===
In 2010, Gay revealed plans to write [[young
==Bibliography==
{{Portal|Speculative fiction|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
===Charlie Madigan series===
#''The Better Part of Darkness'' (November 2009, {{ISBN
#''The Darkest Edge of Dawn'' (August 2010, {{ISBN
#''The Hour of Dust and Ashes'' (August 2011, {{ISBN
#''Shadows Before the Sun'' (July 2012, {{ISBN
#''The Cold Light of Day'' (expected
===Gods and Monsters series (as Kelly Keaton)===
#''Darkness Becomes Her'' (February 2011, {{ISBN
#''A Beautiful Evil'' (February 2012, {{ISBN
#''The Wicked Within'' (September 2013, {{ISBN
#''Heart of Stone'' (February 2015, {{ISBN
===Stand alone novels (as Kelly Keaton)===
#''Embers in a Dark
===Stand alone novels (as Kelly Gay)===
#''[[Halo (series)|Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]'' (2017)
#''Halo: Renegades'' (2019)
#''Halo: Point of Light'' (2021)
#''Halo: The Rubicon Protocol'' (2022)
#''Halo: Epitaph'' (2024)
===Short stories===
#"Hell's Menagerie" published in ''Carniepunk'' (July 2013, {{ISBN
#"Into the Fire", published in ''Halo: Fractures'' (September 2016)
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{authority control}}
▲}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gay, Kelly}}
[[Category:Living people]]
Line 80 ⟶ 86:
[[Category:Urban fantasy writers]]
[[Category:American writers of young adult literature]]
[[Category:
[[Category:American women novelists]]
[[Category:
[[Category:21st-century American women writers]]
[[Category:American women writers of young adult literature]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
|