Sebastien de Castell is a Canadian fantasy writer, best known for his series Greatcoats and Spellslinger.
History Sebastien de Castell has been nominated for several science fiction and fantasy awards, starting with his first novel, Traitor's Blade, being nominated for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer and the David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy. Two novels in his Spellslinger series 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".
All five of his series are set in the same multiverse. The Greatcoats and The Court of Shadows series are set on the same continent as each other (Tristia) with overlapping characters; The Spellslinger and Argosi series are likewise set on the same continent as each (Eldrasia) other with overlapping characters but also on the same world as the other two series. No characters overlap between those sets of series. The Fifth series takes place on a different plane of existence; but people originating in Eldrasia cross over into that world. It is not mentioned when the 3 sets of series happen in relation to each other.
De Castell has at various times 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.
Awards YearNomineeAwardCategoryResultRef2014Traitor's BladeGoodreads Choice AwardBest FantasySemi-Finalist2015David Gemmell Awards for FantasyMorningstar Award for Best DebutFinalist2016Astounding Award for Best New WriterFinalistPrix ImaginalesForeign TranslationFinalist2018SpellslingerElbakin.netBest translated fantasy YAWon2019Spellslinger, ShadowblackGrand prix de l'ImaginaireBest Foreign Young AdultFinalistSpellslingerSunburst AwardYoung Adult AwardFinalist
Bibliography
Novels
Year Title Series2014Traitor's BladeThe Greatcoats series2014Knight's ShadowThe Greatcoats series2016Saint's BloodThe Greatcoats series2017Tyrant's ThroneThe Greatcoats series2017SpellslingerThe Spellslinger series2017ShadowblackThe Spellslinger series2018CharmcasterThe Spellslinger series2018SoulbinderThe Spellslinger series2019QueenslayerThe Spellslinger series2019CrownbreakerThe Spellslinger series2021Way of the ArgosiThe Argosi series2021The Fall of the ArgosiThe Argosi series2023The Malevolent SevenThe Malevolent series2023The Fate of the ArgosiThe Argosi series2023Crucible of ChaosThe Court of Shadows series2024Play of ShadowsThe Court of Shadows series2025The Malevolent EightThe Malevolent series2026Our Lady of BladesThe Court of Shadows series2027Persophone(co-author with Kristi Charish)
Collections
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"
Uncollected 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) "Collision" (2022) (a sci-fi short story) "Mister Farnsworth Versus the Alien Demons of Ancient Egypt" (2022) "Guide to the Greatcoats" (2023) (Reference book to The Greatcoats series) "A Knight of Five Souls" (2026) (a Greatcoats short story)
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