Edward Kay (writer)

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Edward Kay is a Canadian showrunner, screenwriter, producer, novelist and journalist with a background in both live-action and animated television comedy, as well as print journalism.

Kay spent four years as a writer and producer on the political satire,

Teletoon. He is the co-creator of Finding Stuff Out
, a comedy-inflected science show that airs on TVO and Knowledge Network.

Kay's first novel, a YA sc-fi comedy entitled STAR Academy, was released September 15, 2009 by Random House/Doubleday.[1] The sequel, Dark Secrets, was released on September 13, 2011. He subsequently was commissioned by Scholastic Books to write an historical novel about the Battle of the Atlantic, entitled Sink and Destroy, released in 2014.

His most recent novel is a thriller entitled At Rope's End, which was released by New York City based publisher Crooked Lane in January, 2017.

In 2019, Kay's first non-fiction title, Stinky Science, was released by Kids Can Press in Canada and by Hachette worldwide. A companion volume, Germy Science, was released in October 2021.

Kay's writing for This Hour Has 22 Minutes has garnered him three Gemini Awards,

Canadian Comedy Award,[5] and a Canadian Screenwriting Award.[6]
For his work in print journalism he has received two Canadian National Magazine Award Honourable Mentions.

Notes

  1. ^ "RandomHouse.ca | Books | STAR Academy by Edward Kay". www.randomhouse.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
  2. ^ "13th Geminis - Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  3. ^ "14th Geminis - Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  4. ^ "15th Geminis - Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  5. ^ "The Archives - 2001". Canadian Comedy Awards. CTV Globe Media. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  6. ^ "1999 Winners". Writers Guild of Canada. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2008-04-09.

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