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Edward Kay is a Canadian showrunner,
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Edward Kay is a Canadian showrunner, screenwriter
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, producer, novelist and journalist with a background in both live-action and animated
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television comedy, as well as print journalism.
Kay spent four years as a writer and producer on the political satire, '' This Hour Has 22 Minutes'', before becoming supervising producer of ''The Itch'', a comedy series starring Jason Jones formerly of ''The Daily Show
''The Daily Show'' is an American late-night talk show, late-night talk and news satire television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central in the United States, with extended episodes released shortly after on Paramount+ ...
'', and Jessica Holmes. Kay then co-created the animated children's series, '' Ollie's Under-the-Bed Adventures'' (later known as '' Olliver's Adventures'') and wrote the pilot episode, which won a Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in t ...
for Best Animated Program. He has written numerous episodes of '' Atomic Betty'', a television series broadcast in more than 100 countries. With Sean Scott, he was the co-creator of ''Jimmy Two-Shoes
''Jimmy Two-Shoes'' (also known as ''JTS''; or as ''Jimmy Cool'' in most parts of Europe, Asia, and Israel) is a Canadian animated children's television series created by Edward Kay and Sean Scott. It was produced by Breakthrough Entertainment ...
'', an animated comedy series that in December 2007, was put into production by broadcasters Disney XD
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and Teletoon
Cartoon Network (formerly Teletoon) is a Canadian English-language discretionary specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. The channel primarily broadcasts animated series aimed at children and teenagers. It was launched on October 17 ...
. 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
''Star Academy'' is a Dutch-developed reality television talent show format that first aired in the Netherlands as '':nl:Starmaker (televisieprogramma), Star Maker''.
Format
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'', was released September 15, 2009 by Random House/Doubleday. 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, a Canadian Comedy Award, and a Canadian Screenwriting Award. For his work in print journalism he has received two Canadian National Magazine Award Honourable Mentions.
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