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2001 Novels and Collections

This is a list of Canadian literature of the fantastic. Only those which are novels or novel-length collections are eligible for the Sunburst Award.

Novels (alphabetical by author)

  • Anthony, Ian, Ace Run (Simsbury, CT, Bookbooters, 2001) TD
  • Armstrong, Kelley, Bitten (Toronto, Random House, 2001) HC
  • Baird, Alison, The Wolves of Woden (Toronto, Penguin, 2001)TD
  • Barron, Diana, Phantom Feast (St. Petersburg, FL, Barclay Books, 2001) TD
  • Bedard, Michael, Stained Glass (Toronto, Tundra, 2001) HC
  • Bell, William, Stones (Toronto, Doubleday Canada, 2001) TD
  • Bennett, Nigel, His Father’s Son (Riverdale, NY, Baen, 2001)HC; Co-author: P.N. Elrod
  • Bishop, Mary Harelkin, Tunnels of Time (Regina SK, Coteau, 2001)TD
  • ——, Tunnels of Terror (Regina SK, Coteau, 2001) TD
  • Blum, Vicki, The Land Without Unicorns (Markham, ON, Scholastic, 2001) TD
  • Borsky, Mary, Benny Bensky and the Perogy Palace (Toronto, Tundra, 2001) TD
  • Bradford, Karleen, Whisperings of Magic (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2001) TD
  • Chan, Gillian, The Carved Box (Toronto, Kids Can Press, 2001)TD
  • Clute, John, Appleseed (London, Orbit, 2001) HC
  • Czerneda, Julie, In The Company of Others (New York, Daw, 2001) PB
  • de Lint, Charles, The Onion Girl (New York, Tor, 2001) HC
  • Dorsey, Candas J., A Paradigm of Earth (New York, Tor, 2001)HC
  • Duncan, Dave, Silvercloak (New York, Avon, 2001) PB
  • Echlin, Kim, Dagmar’s Daughter (Toronto, Penguin Viking, 2001) HC
  • Erikson, Steven, Memories of Ice (London, Bantam Press, 2001) TD
  • Fragoulis, Tess, Ariadne’s Dream (Saskatoon, Thistledown, 2001) TD
  • Gadd, Ben, Raven’s End (Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 2001) HC
  • Giron, Sephera, The House of Pain (New York, Leisure, 2001) PB
  • Goto, Hiromi, The Water of Possibility (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2001) TD
  • ——, The Kappa Child (Calgary, Red Deer Press, 2001)TD
  • Green, Terence M., St. Patrick’s Bed (New York, Tor, 2001)HC
  • Greenwood, Ed, The Vacant Throne (New York, Tor, 2001) HC
  • ——, Elminster in Hell (Renton, WA, Wizards of the Coast, 2001) HC
  • Hodgson, Barbara, Hippolyte’s Island (Vancouver, Raincoast, 2001) HC
  • Howard, Barb, Whipstock (Edmonton, NeWest, 2001) TD
  • Huff, Tanya, The Second Summoning (New York, Daw, 2001) PB
  • Hughes, Matt, Fool Me Twice (New York, Aspect, 2001) PB
  • Hutzulak, Clint, The Beautiful Dead End (Vancouver, Anvil, 2001) TD
  • Jones, Dennis, The Mask and the Sorceress (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2001) HC
  • Kingsbury, Donald, Psychohistorical Crisis (New York, Tor, 2001) HC
  • Knox, Rutiger, Mungo City (St. John’s NF., Flanker’s Press, 2001) TD
  • Labatt, Mary, A Weekend at the Grand Hotel (Toronto, Kids Can Press, 2001) HC
  • ——, The Secret of Sagawa Lake (Toronto, Kids Can Press, 2001) TD
  • Livesey, Margot, Eva Moves The Furniture (New York, Henry Holt, 2001) HC
  • Luiken, Nicole, Violet Eyes (New York, Pocket, 2001) PB
  • ——, Silver Eyes (New York, Pocket, 2001) PB
  • Luiken, N. M., Running on Instinct (New York, Tor, 2001) HC
  • Mackay, Scott, The Meek (New York, ROC, 2001) PB
  • Martel, Yann, Life of Pi (Toronto, Knopf, 2001) HC
  • Matas, Carol, The Second Clone (Toronto, Scholastic, 2001)PB
  • Mathur, Ashok, The Short Happy Life of Harry Kumar (Vancouver, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2001) TD
  • McCurdy, J. Fitzgerald, The Serpent’s Egg (Ottawa, Saratime Publishing, 2001) HC
  • McMahon, Donna, Dance of Knives (New York, Tor, 2001) HC
  • Melling, O.R., The Light-Bearer’s Daughter (Toronto, Penguin, 2001) TD
  • Mezlekia, Nega, The God Who Begat a Jackal (Toronto, Penguin, 2001) TD
  • Mills, J.C., The Sacred Seal (Toronto, Key Porter, 2001) TD
  • Oppel, Kenneth, An Incredible Case of Dinosaurs (Toronto, Scholastic, 2001) TD
  • Patton, Fiona, The Golden Sword (New York, Daw, 2001) PB
  • Pierson, Chris, Chosen of the Gods (Renton, WA, WotC, 2001) PB
  • Pflug, Ursula, Green Music (Edmonton, Tesseract, 2001) HC [distributed in 2002]
  • Richardson, Bill, Waiting for Gertrude (Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre, 2001) TD
  • Riley, Thomas B., Time’s End (Baltimore, AmErica House, 2001) TD
  • Robinson, Spider, The Free Lunch (New York, Tor, 2001) HC
  • Rosenberg, Joel, Not Quite Scaramouche (New York, Tor, 2001) HC
  • Russell, Sean, The One Kingdom (New York, Eos, 2001) HC
  • Ryman, Geoff, Lust (London, HarperFlamingo, 2001) TD
  • Sakowski, Vincent M., Some Things Are Better Left Unplugged (Fountain Hills, AZ, Eraserhead, 2001) TD
  • Schoemperlen, Diane, Our Lady of the Lost and Found (Toronto, HarperFlamingo, 2001) HC
  • Scrimger, Richard, Of Mice and Nutcrackers (Toronto, Tundra, 2001) TD
  • Sherbaniuk, Richard, The Fifth Horseman (New York, Tor/Forge, 2001) HC
  • Shykoff, Henry, Just a Little Later (Toronto, Nat'l Heritage/Nat'l History Inc., 2001) TD
  • Singh, J.R., The True Self (Lincoln, NE, Writers Club Press, 2001) TD
  • Slade, Arthur, Dust (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2001) TD
  • Slater, Ian, Knockout (New York, Ballantine, 2001) PB
  • Smedman, Lisa, Tails You Lose (New York, ROC, 2001) PB
  • Soles, Caro, The Abulon Dance (Toronto, Baskerville Books, 2001)T D
  • Spalding, Andrea, The White Horse Talisman (Victoria, BC, Orca, 2001) TD
  • Stirling, S.M., T2: Infiltrator (New York, HarperCollins, 2001) HC
  • Sweatman, Margaret, When Alice Lay Down with Peter (Toronto, Knopf, 2001) HC
  • Thornton, Duncan, Captain Jennie & The Sea of Wonders (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2001) TD
  • van Belkom, Edo, Teeth (Atlanta, Meisha Merlin, 2001) TD
  • Ward, David, Escape The Mask (Toronto, Scholastic, 2001)PB
  • Watts, Peter, Maelstrom (New York, Tor, 2001) HC
  • Wharton, Thomas, Salamander (Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 2001) HC
  • West, Michelle, Sea of Sorrows (New York, Daw, 2001) PB
  • Wilson, Robert Charles, The Chronoliths (New York, Tor, 2001) HC
  • Woodson, Marion, My Brother’s Keeper (Vancouver, Raincoast, 2001) TD

Collections

  • Hopkinson, Nalo, Skin Folk (New York, Warner, 2001) TD
  • Kilpatrick, Nancy, Cold Comfort (Grandview Mo., Dark Tales, 2001) TD
  • MacDonald, Mark, Home (Vancouver, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2001) TD
  • Roberts, T.G., The Merriest Knight (Oakland, CA, Green Knight, 2001) TD
  • van Belkom, Edo, Six Inch Spikes (Grandview, Missouri, DarkTales, 2001) TD

Note: HC=Hardcover; TD=Trade Cover; PB=Paperback Copyright 2002 - All Rights Reserved SHORTLIST FOR THE 2002 SUNBURST AWARD