This is a list of books of literature of the fantastic by Canadians. Only those which are novels or novel-length collections are eligible for the Sunburst Award.
Novels (alphabetical by author)
- Armstrong, Kelley, Stolen (Toronto, Random House, 2002) TD
- Armstrong, Luanne, The Bone House (Vancouver, New Star Books, 2002) TD
- Baird, Alison, Witches of Willowmere (Toronto, Penguin, 2002) TD
- Bantock, Nick, Alexandria (Vancouver, Raincoast, 2002) HC
- Begamudre, Ven, The Phantom Queen (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2002) PB
- Blum, Vicki, The Promise of the Unicorn (Toronto, Scholastic, 2002) PB
- Borsky, Mary, Benny Bensky and the Giant Pumpkin Heist (Toronto, Tundra, 2002) TD
- Brouwer, Sigmund, Manchurian Sector (Wheaton IL, Tyndale, 2002) PB
- ——, Last Stand (Wheaton, IL, Tyndale, 2002) PB
- Buffie, Margaret, The Seeker (Toronto, KidsCan, 2002) HC
- Cameron, Anne, Hardscratch Row (Madeira Park, BC, Harbour Publishing, 2002) TD
- Czerneda, Julie, To Trade The Stars (New York, Daw, 2002) PB
- de Lint, Charles, Seven Wild Sisters (Burton, MI, Subterranean Press, 2002) TD
- Dodic, N.J., I Was Hitler's Cat (Toronto, Gutter Press, 2002) TD
- Dube, Paulette, Talon (Edmonton, NeWest, 2002) TD
- Duncan, Dave, Paragon Lost (New York, HarperCollins/Eos, 2002) HC
- Dyer, K.C. Seeds of Time (Toronto, Dundurn, 2002) TD
- Erikson, Steven, Blood Follows (Harrogate, England, PS Publishing, 2002) HC
- ——, House of Chains (London, Transworld, 2002) HC
- Ewan, Ann, Firedrake (Saskatoon, Thistledown, 2002) PB
- Findlay, Jamieson, The Blue Roan Child (Toronto, Doubleday Canada, 2002) HC
- Fodi, Lee Edward, Corranda's Crown (Unionville, NY, Royal Fireworks Press, 2002) TD
- Gardner, James Alan, Trapped (New York, HarperCollins/Eos, 2002) PB
- Giron, Sephera, The Birds and the Bees (New York, Leisure, 2002) PB
- Gotlieb, Phyllis, Mindworlds (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
- Greenwood, Ed, The Dragon's Ascension (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
- ——, Forgotten Realms: Spellfire (Renton, WA, WOTC, 2002) TD
- ——, Hand of Fire (Renton, WA, WOTC, 2002) TD
- Hayter, Sparkle, Naked Brunch (Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 2002) HC
- Hayward, Amber, The Healer (Edmonton, Tesseract, 2002) HC
- Huff, Tanya, The Better Part of Valor (New York, Daw, 2002) PB
- Hughes, Monica, The Maze (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2002) TD
- Hutsell-Manning, Linda, Jason and the Wonder Horn (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2002) TD
- Jakober, Marie, Only Call Us Faithful (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
- Jocelyne, Martha, The Invisible Enemy (Toronto, Tundra, 2002)
- Labatt, Mary, The Mummy Lives (Toronto, Kids Can, 2002) HC
- ——, One Terrible Halloween (Toronto, Kids Can, 2002) TD
- Lai, Larissa, Salt Fish Girl (Toronto, Thomas Allen, 2002) HC
- Lowachee, Karin, Warchild (New York, Warner Aspect, 2002) PB
- Mackay, Scott, Orbis (New York, ROC, 2002) PB
- McCloskey, Larry, Tom Thomson's Last Paddle (Vancouver, Beach Holme, 2002) TD
- McCurdy, Joan Fitzgerald, The Burning Crown (Ottawa, Saratime, 2002) HC
- Messer, Wendel, The Sink (Gravenhurst, ON, Breller, 2002) TD
- Moloney, Susie, 362 Belisle Street (London, Michael Joseph, 2002) TD
- Munroe, Jim, Everyone in Silico (Toronto, No Media Kings, 2002) TD
- O'Connor, Edward, Astral Projection (Toronto, Random House, 2002) HC
- Oppel, Kenneth, Firewing (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2002) TD
- ——, A Creepy Case of Vampires (Toronto, Scholastic, 2002) PB
- Orchard, Kerry, The Thoughtmaster's Conduit (Lake Park, GA, New Concepts Publishing, 2002) PB
- Pflug, Ursula, Green Music (Edmonton, Tesseract, 2001 [not seen until Feb 2002]) TD
- Pierson, Chris, Dragonlance: Divine Hammer (Renton, WA, WOTC, 2002) PB
- Rollo, Gord, Crimson (Canton OH, Prime, 2002) TD
- Rosenberg, Joel, Murder in Lamut (London, HarperCollins, 2002) HC; co-author: Raymond E. Feist
- Russell, Sean, The Isle of Battle (New York, HarperCollins/Eos, 2002) HC
- Rutledge, Margie, The Busybody Buddha (Toronto, Napoleon, 2002) TD
- Ryman, Geoff, V.A.O. (Harrogate, England, PS Publishing, 2002) HC
- Sawyer, Robert J., Hominids (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
- Schroeder, Karl, Permanence (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
- Scrimger, Richard, Noses Are Red (Toronto, Tundra, 2002) HC
- Shatner, William, Shadow Planet (New York, HarperCollins/Eos, 2002) HC
- ——, ST: Captain's Peril (New York, Pocket Books, 2002) HC
- Shaw, Edith, The Lapsit Chronicles (Toronto, Delean-de Publishing, 2002) TD
- Skvorecky, Josef, An Inexplicable Story: The Narrative of Questus Firmus Siculus (Toronto, Key Porter, 2002) HC
- Slade, Arthur, Return of the Grudstone Ghosts (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2002) PB
- Smedman, Lisa, Heirs of Prophecy (Renton, WA, WotC, 2002) PB
- Smith, Susannah M., How The Blessed Live (Toronto, Coach House, 2002) TD
- Smith, Russell, The Princess and the Whisk Heads (Toronto, Doubleday Canada, 2002) HC
- Somma, J.E., After The Rain (Hamilton, ON, Daisy Books, 2001) TD
- Sonik, Madeline, Arms (Roberts Creek, BC, Nightwood Editions, 2002) TD
- Soper-Cook, Joanne, Waterborne (Fredericton, NB, Goose Lane, 2002) TD
- Stirling, S.M., The Peshawar Lancers (New York, ROC, 2002) HC
- ——, T2: The Rising Storm (New York, HarperEntertainment, 2002)
- Tanner, Mike, Acting The Giddy Goat (Toronto, Cormorant, 2002) TD
- Tate, Nikki, Cave of Departure (Vancouver, Sono Nis, 2002) TD
- Taylor, Cora, Ghost Voyages II (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2002) TD
- Taylor, G. Wells, When Graveyards Yawn (Baltimore, AmErica House, 2002) TD
- Tumanov, Vlad, Jayden's Rescue (Toronto, Scholastic, 2002) PB
- van Belkom, Edo, Martyrs (Darien, IL, Design Image Group, 2002) TD
- Walton, Jo, The Prize in the Game (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
- Warwaruk, Larry, Andrei and the Snow Walker (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2002) TD
- Willett, Ed, Spirit Singer (U.S.A., Earthling Press, 2002) TD
- Williams, Lynda, and Sinclair, Alison, Throne Price (Calgary, Edge, 2002) TD
- Woods, Shirley, Jack, The Story of a Beaver (Markham, FHW, 2002) HC
- Young, Louise, Icarus (Toronto, Thomas Allen, 2002) HC
Collections
- de Lint, Charles, Waifs and Strays (New York, Viking, 2002) HC
- ——, Tapping The Dream Tree (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
- Robinson, Spider, God is an Iron and Other Stories (Michigan,Gale Group/Five Star, 2002) HC
- Sawyer, Robert J., Iterations (Kingston, ON, Quarry, 2002) HC
- Yee, Paul, Dead-Man's Gold and Other Stories (Toronto, Groundwood, 2002) HC
Anthologies
- Arnason, David, The Demon Lover (Winnipeg, Turnstone, 2002) TD
- Bok, Christian, Ground Works: Avant-Guard for Thee (Toronto, Anansi, 2002) HC
- Chew, Kristen Pederson, The Bakka Anthology (Toronto, Bakka, 2002) TD
- Czerneda, Julie E., Explorer (Toronto, Trifolium, 2002)
- Kelly, Michael, Songs From Dead Singers (New York, Catalyst Press, 2002) TD
- Rollo, Gord, Dreaming of Angels (Canton, OH, Prime, 2002) HC; co-editor: Monica J. O'Rourke
- Rowe, Michael, Queer Fear II (Vancouver, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002) TD
- Stanton, Steve, Sky Songs (Orillia, ON, Skysong Press, 2002) TD
- van Belkom, Edo, Be Very Afraid (Toronto, Tundra, 2002)
Note: HC=Hardcover; TD=Trade Cover; PB=Paperback Copyright 2003 - All Rights Reserved