Guy Gavriel Kay

Guy Gavriel Kay is an award-winning Canadian fantasy author. His works are known for hewing close to medieval European history, and for having very little magic.

As a young man, he worked with Christopher Tolkien preparing JRR Tolkien's The Silmarillion for publication.

Bibliography:

 * The Fionavar Tapestry
 * The Summer Tree
 * The Wandering Fire
 * The Darkest Road
 * Tigana
 * A Song For Arbonne
 * The Lions of Al-Rassan
 * The Sarantine Mosaic
 * Sailing To Sarantium
 * Lord Of Emperors
 * Beyond This Dark House
 * The Last Light of the Sun
 * Ysabel
 * Under Heaven

Tropes common to his works include:

 * Alien Sky: The multiple moons variety.
 * Author Appeal: Masquerade carnivals with anonymous sex. Also, male submission and cheating wives.
 * Canon Welding: Elements from The Fionavar Tapestry show up in other books occasionally.
 * Crystal Dragon Jesus
 * Deadly Decadent Court
 * Double Standard: Kay consistently portrays cheating husbands as scum, but cheating wives as perfectly acceptable.
 * Earn Your Happy Ending
 * Fantasy Counterpart Culture
 * Grey and Gray Morality
 * Historical Fantasy
 * Low Fantasy
 * True Companions
 * Two Lines, No Waiting