Sebastien de Castell

Sebastien de Castell is a Canadian fantasy writer, mostly known for his Greatcoat series that has been described as "Three Musketeers meets high fantasy", and which got him nominated several science fiction and fantasy awards, such as the Astounding Award for Best New Writer and the David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy. His next series Spellslinger 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".

Both the Greatcoats and Spellslinger series are set in the same world, as are their follow on series, The Court of Shadows and Argosi.

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.

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"

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)
 * "Mister Farnsworth Versus the Alien Demons of Ancient Egypt" (2022)
 * "Guide to the Greatcoats" (2023) (Reference book to The Greatcoats series)