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2009 Novels & Collections

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

Novels (alphabetical by author)

  • Allen, Jocelyne, You and the Pirates (Toronto, Workhorsery, 2009) TD
  • Anderson, R.J., Spell Hunter (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2009 HC
  • Armstrong, Kelley, The Awakening (New York, HarperCollins, 2009) HC
  • ------, Frostbitten (New York, Bantam, 2009) HC
  • Atwood, Margaret, The Year of the Flood (Toronto, Random House, 2009) HC
  • Baboo, Shiraz, Defenders of the Scroll (Mississauga ON, R.M. Productions, 2009) HC
  • Bakker, R. Scott, The Judging Eye (London, Orbit, 2009) HC; (Toronto, Penguin, 2009) TD
  • Barant, D.D., Dying Bites (New York, St. Martin's, 2009) PB
  • Bartley, Kara, Call of Adhara (??, volumesdirect.com, 2009) TD
  • Bassingthwaite, Don, Eberron: Word of Traitors (Renton, WA, WoTC, 2009) PB
  • Battis, Jes, A Flash of Hex (New York, Ace, 2009) PB
  • Beirne, Gerard, Turtle (Ottawa, Oberon, 2009) HC
  • Bennett, Danielle, & Jaida Jones, Shadow Magic (New York, Bantam, 2009) HC
  • Berard, Sylvie, Of Wind and Sand (Calgary, Edge, 2009) TD
  • Beveridge, Cathy, Tragic Links (Vancouver, Ronsdale, 2009) PB
  • Bilodeau, Marie, Princess of Light (Calgary, Absolute Xpress, 2009) TD
  • ------, Warriors of Darkness (Calgary, Absolute Xpress, 2009) TD
  • Bohmer, Louise, The Black Act (?? , Lachesis, 2009) TD
  • Bradford, Karleen, Dragonmaster (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2009) TD
  • Bruton, Nigel, Messiah Rising (Markham ON, Double Dragon Press, 2009) TD
  • Calahasen, Stella, Dream Catcher (Penticton BC, Theytus, 2009) HC
  • Caldwell, Theo, Finn The Half-Great (Toronto, Tundra, 2009) HC
  • Cameron, Christian, Storm of Arrows (London, Orion, 2009) HC
  • Carmichael, Leslie, The Amulet of Amon-Ra (Austin TX, Blooming Tree Press, 2009) HC
  • Carter, Timothy, Evil? (Woodbury MN, Flux, 2009) TD
  • Chafe, Paul, Exodus: The Ark (New York, Baen, 2009) TD
  • Chard, Rosie, Seal Intestine Raincoat (Edmonton, NeWest Press, 2009) PB
  • Choyce, Lesley, Living Outside the Lines (Calgary, Red Deer, 2009) TD
  • Cohen, Marina, Ghost Ride (Toronto, Dundurn, 2009) PB
  • Coi, J.K., Dark Immortal (Macon GA, Linden Bay, 2009) TD
  • Cooke, Deborah (Delacroix), Kiss of Fate (New York, Signet Eclipse, 2009) PB
  • Cooke, Deborah, Winter Kiss (New York, Signet Eclipse, 2009) PB
  • Coupland, Douglas, Generation A (Toronto, Random House, 2009) HC
  • Crewe, Megan, Give Up the Ghost (New York, Henry Holt, 2009) HC
  • Crummey, Michael, Galore (Toronto, Doubleday, 2009) HC
  • Cullen, Sean, The Prince of Neither Here Nor There (Toronto, Puffin, 2009) TD
  • Czerneda, Julie, Rift in the Sky (New York, Daw, 2009) HC
  • Dales, Karen, Angel of Death (Toronto, Dark Dragon, 2009) TD
  • Dantec, Maurice G., Grande Junction (New York, Ballantine/Del Rey, 2009) TD
  • de Lint, Charles, Eyes Like Leaves (Burton MI, Subterranean Press, 2009) HC
  • ------, The Mystery of Grace (New York, Tor, 2009) HC
  • Delacroix, Claire, Guardian (New York, Tor, 2009) PB
  • Dellamonica, Alyx, Indigo Springs (New York, Tor, 2009) TD
  • De Meulemeester, Linda, Grim Hill: The Forgotten Secret (Montreal, Lobster Press, 2009) TD
  • Denman, K. L., Perfect Revenge (Victoria, Orca, 2009) PB
  • Dimes, W. M., Voice in the Horse (Toronto, CanaDIY, 2009) TD
  • Dixon, Sean, The Winter Drey (Toronto, Key Porter, 2009) TD
  • Doctorow, Cory, Makers (New York, Tor, 2009) HC
  • Dowding, Philippa, The Gargoyle in My Yard (Toronto, Napoleon, 2009) TD
  • Duncan, Dave, The Alchemist's Pursuit (New York, Ace, 2009) TD
  • Dyer, K.C., A Walk Through a Window (Toronto, Doubleday, 2009) TD
  • Erikson, Steven, Dust of Dreams (London, Ballantine, 2009) HC
  • ------, Crack'd Pot Trail (Hornsea UK, PS Publishing, 2009) HC
  • Evans, Chris, The Light of Burning Shadows (New York, Pocket, 2009) HC
  • Fraser, Anne, Gideon Redoak (Pepperrell MA, By Light Unseen Media, 2009) HC
  • Firebird, Odelia, The Daughter of Flames (Montreal, Soundz Intriguing, 2009) TD
  • Fogel, Sally, Remnants of Fear (??, Wild Rose Press, 2009) TD
  • Frid, Colt & Randy, Demons at the Door (Plantagenet ON, Frid Enterprises, 2009) TD
  • Gaider, David, The Stolen Throne (New York, Tor, 2009) TD
  • Gaider, David, The Calling (New York, Tor, 2009) TD
  • Galler-Smith, Barbara, & Josh Langston, Druids (Calgary, Edge, 2009) TD
  • Garvie, Maureen, Amy by Any Other Name (Toronto, Key Porter, 2009) TD
  • Ghent, Natale, The Odds Get Even (Toronto, HarperTrophy, 2009) TD
  • Gibbins, David, The Tiger Warrior (London, Hodder/McArthur & Co., 2009) TD
  • Goldstein, Jonathan, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible (Toronto, Penguin, 2009) TD
  • Goto, Hiromi, Half World (Toronto, Penguin, 2009) HC
  • Greenwood, Ed, Arch Wizard (New York, Solaris, 2009) HC
  • Groulx, Kristin, The Oracle of the Missing Dryad (??, thetenthmusebooks.com, 2009) TD
  • Haarsma, P.J., Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3 (Somerville MA, Candlewick, 2009) HC
  • Haworth-Attard, Barbara, Haunted (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2009) TD
  • Henighan, Tom, Doom Lake Holiday (Toronto, Dundurn, 2009) TD
  • Hill, Douglas, Torment (London, Macmillan, 2009) TD
  • ------, Vengeance (London, Macmillan, 2009) TD
  • Huff, Tanya, The Enchantment Emporium (New York, Daw, 2009) HC
  • Hughes, Matt, Hespira (San Francisco, Nightshade, 2009) HC
  • Hunt, Stephen, The Rise of the Iron Moon (London, Harper, 2009) HC
  • Johansen, K.V., Warden of Greyrock (Victoria, Orca, 2009) TD
  • ------, Torrie and the Dragonslayers (Sackville N.B., Sybertooth, 2009) TD
  • Johnson, Matthew, Fall From Earth (Prince George, Bundoran, 2009) TD
  • Karpyshyn, Drew, SW: Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil (New York, Ballantine, 2009) HC
  • Kay, Edward, Star Academy (Toronto, Doubleday, 2009) TD
  • Keough, Rob, Wolf Summer (Winnipeg, Great Plains, 2009) TD
  • Kress, Adrienne, Timothy and the Dragon's Gate (Toronto, Scholastic, 2009) HC
  • Labatt, Mary, Dracula Madness (Toronto, Kids Can, 2009) HC
  • ------, Lake Monster Mix-Up (Toronto, Kids Can, 2009) HC
  • Langston, Laura, Hannah's Touch (Victoria, Orca, 2009) HC
  • LeDrew, Matthew, Smoke and Mirrors (St. John's NL, Engen, 2007) PB
  • Lee, Loreena, Satin Shoes (??, Libros Libertad, 2009) TD
  • LePan, Don, Animals (Montreal, Vehicule, 2009) TD
  • LeVatte, John, Cathedrals of Sin (??, ??, 2009) TD
  • Little, John R., The Gray Zone (Anaheim CA, Bad Moon Books, 2009) TD
  • Livingston, Lesley, Wondrous Strange (New York, HarperTeen, 2009) HC
  • Loughead, Deb, Struck (Victoria, Orca, 2009) PB
  • Luiken, Nicole, Dreamfire (Winnipeg, Great Plains, 2009) TD
  • Mac, Carrie, The Gryphon Project (Toronto, Puffin, 2009) TD
  • Macdonald, Anne Louise, Seeing Red (Toronto, Kids Can, 2009) TD
  • Maes, Nicholas, Laughing Wolf (Toronto, Dundurn, 2009) TD
  • Maguire, Walt, Monkey See (Hoboken NJ, ENC Press, 2009) TD
  • Malamas, A. Lim, Knight of Cydonia (Toronto, Apollo, 2009) TD
  • Malan, Violette, The Storm Witch (New York, Daw, 2009) TD
  • Mallet, Nathalie, The King's Daughters (San Francisco, Nightshade, 2009) PB
  • Martin, Morcecai, Blue Mountain Trouble (??, Scholastic, 2009) HC
  • Matas, Carol, & Perry Nodelman, The Curse of the Evening Eye (Toronto, Key Porter, 2009) TD
  • Mathur, Ashok, A Little Distillery in Nowgoing (Vancouver, Arsenal Pulp, 2009) HC
  • McLean, Hilary, Fifth Sun: The Awakening (New York, IUniverse, 2009) TD
  • McMann, Lisa, Fade (New York, Simon & Schuster, 2009) HC
  • McNaughton, Janet, DragonSeer (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2009) HC
  • McNulty, Patrick, Sleepers Awake (Orangeville ON, Kunati, 2009) HC
  • Messer, Wendel, Verus and the Grand Assembly of Believers (Gravenhurst ON, Breller, 2009) TD
  • Millbank, Gayle, Zeta Star and the Fusion Factory (Victoria, Seapoint, 2009) TD
  • Miller, Karen, The Prodigal Mage (New York, Orbit, 2009) HC
  • Mills, K.E., The Accidental Sorcerer (New York, Orbit, 2009) PB
  • ------, Witches Incorporated (New York, Orbit, 2009)p PB
  • Mirolla, Michael, Berlin (Teaticket MA, Leapfrog Press, 2009) TD
  • Mlynowski, Sarah, Parties and Potions (New York, Random House, 2008) HC
  • Moore, Moira J., Heroes at Risk (New York, Ace, 2009) PB
  • Moore, Nathaniel G., Wrong Bar (Toronto, Tightrope, 2009) TD
  • Mordecai, Martin, Blue Mountain Trouble (Toronto, Scholastic, 2009) HC
  • Morrell, David, The Shimmer (New York, Perseus, 2009) HC
  • Muller, Rachel, The Solstice Cup (Victoria, Orca, 2009) TD
  • Mullin, Caryl Cude, Rough Magic (Toronto, Second Story Press, 2009) ??
  • Murphy, Derryl, & William Shunn, Cast a Cold Eye (Hornsea UK, PS Publishing, 2009) HC
  • Narsimhan, Mahtab, The Silver Anklet (Toronto, Dundurn, 2009) TD
  • Neubert, Oliver, Chantal's Quest for the Enchanted Medallion (Vancouver, Simply Read, 2009) TD
  • Oppel, Kenneth, The King's Taster (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2009) HC
  • Osmond, Claudia, Smudge's Mark (Vancouver, Simply Read, 2009) HC
  • Page, P.K., The Sky Tree (Lantzville BC, Oolichan, 2009) HC
  • Paul, Marianne, Dead Girl Diaries (Toronto, Bookland Press, 2009) TD
  • Poulsen, David A., Shivers and Shakes (Toronto, Key Porter, 2009) TD
  • Rainfield, Cheryl, The Last Dragon (Toronto, High Interest Publishing, 2009) PB
  • Rayner, Mark, Marvellous Hairy (London ON, Crossing Chaos, 2009) PB
  • Rollo, Gord, Crimson (New York, Leisure, 2009) PB
  • ------, Strange Magic (Colusa CA, Dark Regions Press, 2009) HC
  • Rose, Simon, The Doomsday Mask (Vancouver, Tradewinds, 2009) TD
  • Rowen, Michelle, Demon Princess: Reign or Shine (New York, Grand Central, 2009) HC
  • ------, Hot Spell: The Wrong Bed (Toronto, Harlequin, 2009) PB
  • ------, Stakes & Stilettos (New York, Grand Central, 2009) PB
  • ------, Tall, Dark & Fangsome (New York, Grand Central, 2009) PB
  • Roy, Philip, Journey to Atlantis (Vancouver, Ronsdale, 2009) TD
  • Sagara, Michelle, Cast in Silence (New York, Luna, 2009) TD
  • Sands, Lynsay, The Immortal Hunter (New York, Avon, 2009) PB
  • ------, The Renegade Hunter (New York, Avon, 2009) PB
  • Sawyer, Robert J., Wake (Toronto, Penguin, 2009) HC
  • Schroeder, Karl, The Sunless Countries (New York, Tor, 2009) HC
  • Schultz, Emily, Heaven Is Small (Toronto, Anansi, 2009) HC
  • Sheehan, Tamara, The Mediocre Assassin's Handbook (Round Rock TX, Prizm, 2008) TD
  • Shoemaker, Kathryn E., Clay Man: The Golem of Prague (Toronto, Tundra, 2009) HC
  • Simpson, Donna Lea, Lady Ann and the Howl in the Dark (Naperville Ill, Sourcebooks, 2009) PB
  • Sinclair, Alison, Darkborn (Toronto, Penguin, 2009) TD
  • Slade, Arthur, The Hunchback Assignments (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2009) HC
  • Slade, Michael, Red Snow (Toronto, Penguin, 2009) TD
  • Soulban, Lucien, Renegade Wizards (Renton WA, WoTC, 2009) PB
  • Spence, Craig, Einstein Dog (Saskatoon, Thistledown, 2009) TD
  • Steinfeld, J.J., Word Burials (London ON, Croissing Chaos, 2009) PB
  • Stephens, Lorina, From the Mountains of Ice (Neustadt ON, 5 Rivers, 2009) TD
  • Stewart, Sean, Cathy's Ring (Philadelphia, Running Press, 2009) HC
  • Stirling, S.M., The Sword of the Lady (New York, ROC, 2009) HC
  • St. Martin, Rob, Birthright (Seattle, Sabledrake, 2009) TD
  • Stoker, Dacre, & Ian Holt, Dracula: The Un-dead (Toronto, Viking, 2009) HC
  • Tam, Kenneth, The Destiny Equation (Waterloo ON, Iceberg, 2009) PB
  • ------, The Fleet Clash (Waterloo ON, Iceberg, 2009) PB
  • ------, The Frontier (Waterloo ON, Iceberg, 2009) TD
  • ------, The Mercury Assault (Waterloo ON, Iceberg, 2009) PB
  • Trenholm, Hayden, Steel Whispers (Prince George BC, Bundoran, 2009) TD
  • van Diepen, Alison, Raven (New York, Simon & Schuster, 2009) HC
  • Vanderwal, Andrew H., The Battle for Duncragglin (Toronto, Tundra, 2009) HC
  • Walton, Jo, Lifelode (Boston, NESFA, 2009) HC
  • Watts, Irene, ClayMan (Toronto, Tundra, 2009) HC
  • Weir, Ian, Daniel O'Thunder (Toronto, Douglas & McIntyre, 2009) HC
  • Whyte, Jack, Order in Chaos (Toronto, Viking, 2009) HC
  • Wiersema, Robert, The World More Full of Weeping (Toronto, ChiZine, 2009) HC
  • Willett, Ed, Terra Insegura (New York, Daw, 2009) PB
  • Williams, Lynda, Far Arena (Calgary, Edge, 2009) TD (Susan Casper science fiction)
  • Wilson, Robert Charles, Julian Comstock (New York, Tor, 2009) HC
  • Wishinsky, Frieda, Far from Home (Toronto, Maple Tree Press, 2009) HC
  • ------, On the Case (Toronto, Maple Tree Press, 2009) HC
  • ------, Stop That Stage Coach (Toronto, Maple Tree Press, 2009) HC
  • Youers, Rio, Mama Fish (Milton NH, Shroud, 2009) TD
  • ------, Old Man Scratch (Hornsea UK, PS Publishing, 2009) HC
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Collections

  • Armstrong, Kelley, Men of the Otherworld (Toronto, Random House, 2009) HC
  • de Lint, Charles, Muse and Reverie (New York, Tor, 2009) HC
  • -----, Woods and Waters Wild (Burton MI, Subterranean Press, 2009) HC
  • Fuchs, A.P., Dry Ice Dreams (Winnipeg, Coscom, 2009) TD
  • -----, The Macro Mechanic's Manifesto (Winnipeg, Coscom, 2009) TD
  • Gavin, Richard, The Darkly Splendid Realm (??, Dark Regions, 2009) ??
  • Kachmarsky, Eugene, Let Slip the Dogs of Love (New York, Eloquent Books, 2009) TD
  • Lalumière, Claude, Objects of Worship (Toronto, CZP, 2009) HC
  • Nickle, David, Monstrous Affections (Toronto, CZP, 2009) HC
  • Roden, Barbara, Northwest Passages (??, Prime, 2009) HC
  • Shegelski, Mark, Remembering the Future (??, Scroll Press, 2009) TD
  • Strantzas, Simon, Cold to the Touch (Leyburn UK, Tartarus, 2009) HC
  • Vernon, Steve, Halifax Haunts (Halifax, Nimbus, 2009) TD
  • Vonarburg, Élisabeth, Blood Out of a Stone (Montreal, nanopress, 2009) HC
  • Zelenyj, Alexander, Experiments at 3 Billion A.M. (??, Eibonvale Press, 2009) HC
 
Note: HC=Hardcover; TD=Trade Cover; PB=Paperback
 
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