Sean Stewart (born June 2, 1965) is an American-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.

Biography

Born in

Lubbock, Texas Lubbock ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County. With a population of 272,086 in 2024, Lubbock is the 10th-most populous city in Texas and the 84th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the ...

, Sean Stewart moved to

Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

, Canada in 1968. After stints in

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, Texas,

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Irvine, California Irvine () is a Planned community, planned city in central Orange County, California, United States, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It was named in 1888 for the landowner James Irvine. The Irvine Company started developing the area in the ...

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Davis,

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, and

Pasadena, California Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commerci ...

, he now again lives

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. He received an Honors degree in English from

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in 1987, following which he spent many years writing novels. He gradually moved from writing novels to interactive fiction, first as lead writer on the Web-based alternate reality game

'' The Beast (game), The Beast''. He served as a consultant on several computer games, and was on the management team of the

42 Entertainment 42 Entertainment is an American company based in Burbank which specializes in creating and producing alternate reality games (ARGs). The company was founded in 2003 as an independently owned, creative content and interactive agency under the na ...

experiential marketing and entertainment company, where he was lead writer for '' Haunted Apiary aka ilovebees'' and ''Last Call Poker''. His novel series '' Cathy's Book'' (and its sequels) seems to represent the melding of his two careers, as it crosses the alternate reality game format with a teen novel. In 2007, he and several 4orty2wo co-founders left that company to start Fourth Wall Studios, where they won an Emmy for interactive television in 2013. In 2014, he joined Microsoft's Xbox Studios as Creative Director. After Xbox Studios closed in late 2014, Stewart began consulting for Magic Leap, joining them as Creative Director/Design Director in early 2016.

Bibliography

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'' (1992, science fiction novel, winner of the Prix Aurora and Arthur Ellis Awards) * '' Nobody's Son'' (1994, fantasy novel, winner of the Aurora Award) * '' Resurrection Man'' (1995, magic realist fantasy novel, ''New York Times'' Best Science Fiction Book of the Year) * '' Clouds End'' (1996,

heroic fantasy Sword and sorcery (S&S), or heroic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures. Elements of romance, magic, and the supernatural are also often present. Unlike works of ...

novel) * ''

The Night Watch ''Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq'', also known as ''The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch'', but commonly referred to as ''The Night Watch'' (), is a 1642 painting ...

'' (1997, set in the same world as ''Resurrection Man'') * ''

Mockingbird Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the family (biology), family Mimidae. They are best known for the habit of some species Mimicry, mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly ...

'' (1998, ''New York Times'' Notable Book of the Year,

World Fantasy Award The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention, the awards are given each year at the eponymous ann ...

nominee, ''Speculations'' Readers' Poll Best Book of the Year) * ''

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'' (2000,

and Sunburst Award winner, again set in the same world as ''Resurrection Man'') * '' Perfect Circle'' (2004, another magic realist fantasy novel;

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nominee; also published under the title ''Firecracker'') * '' Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (Star Wars: A Clone Wars Novel)'' (2004) * '' Cathy's Book'' (2006) * '' Cathy's Key'' (2008) * '' Cathy's Ring'' (2009)

References

External links

* *
42 Entertainment, Sean Stewart's former job

Fourth Wall Studios
co-founded by Stewart

by '' Locus'' (locusmag.com)
2005 interview
by ''Locus''

at Encyclopedia Hanasiana (hanasiana.com)
Discussion of Stewart
at theforce.net
2016 article/interview of Sean Stewart
on aescifi.ca * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Sean American emigrants to Canada American fantasy writers American male novelists American science fiction writers Canadian fantasy writers Canadian science fiction writers World Fantasy Award–winning writers People from Davis, California People from Irvine, California People from Lubbock, Texas 1965 births Living people Novelists from California 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian male writers 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Transmedia storytelling Aurora Award–winning writers