David Keck
{{Short description|Canadian author and teacher}}
{{For|the American botanist (1903–1995)|David D. Keck}}
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| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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| occupation = Novelist, Teacher
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David Keck is a Canadian author, and teacher, who has master's degrees in English Literature, History, and Education.{{Cite web | url=http://davidkeck2.wordpress.com/biography/ | title=About| date=2007-10-21}} He is best known for his novels featuring protagonist Durand Col.{{Cite web | url=http://www.tor-forge.com/author/davidkeck | title=David Keck | Authors | Macmillan}} His works have received generally positive reviews from critics, yet have not reached the mainstream so far.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sffworld.com/interview/181p1.html |title=David Keck Interview - Page 2 of 2 |access-date=2009-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718200636/http://www.sffworld.com/interview/181p1.html |archive-date=2008-07-18 |url-status=dead }}
Biography
David Keck was born in, and grew up in, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Whilst living in Winnipeg he attended the University of Winnipeg, where he got master's degrees in English Literature, History, and Education. He subsequently moved to the UK to get a master's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Sussex. In 2004 he moved to New York City, America, to marry Kate Brallier{{Cite web | url=https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/editorial-696/An-Interview-With-David-Keck | title=An Interview with David Keck - McNally Robinson Booksellers}} (an author herself),{{Cite web | url=http://www.katebrallier.com/ | title=This Web site coming soon}} and to teach middle school in New York's Washington Heights.
Works
Keck's novels all recount the adventures of protagonist Durand Col, yet there is currently no series name. The first novel in the series was In the Eye of Heaven,{{Cite web | url=http://davidkeck2.wordpress.com/previews/in-the-eye-of-heaven-preview/ | title=In the Eye of Heaven| date=2007-10-21}} and was published in the UK in 2006,{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=david+keck|title=Amazon.co.uk: david keck|website=www.amazon.co.uk|accessdate=4 January 2019}} and the US and Canada in 2007,{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=david+keck|title=Amazon.com: david keck|website=www.amazon.com|accessdate=4 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=david+keck|title=Amazon.ca: david keck|website=www.amazon.ca|accessdate=4 January 2019}} by Tor. The novel went through many versions before publication, with fellow Canadian author, Steven Erikson, having a hand in reading and editing the drafts.{{Cite web | url=http://www.sffworld.com/interview/181p0.html | title=Interview with David Keck – SFFWorld| date=10 April 2006}} Keck's writing style has been compared to Erikson, mainly because he likes to go against the grain. He says that he "flinch[es] at an elf who's a dab hand with a longbow. Conventions and clichés: it's all in the smiles and cringes."
Bibliography
=Novels=
==The Tales of Durand==
- Book One: In the Eye of Heaven (2006)
- Book Two: In A Time of Treason (2008)
- Book Three: A King in Cobwebs, Tor Books, 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/king-cobwebs | title=Reviewed by Michael Thomas Barry in New York Journal of Books |date=2018-12-04 |accessdate=2018-12-12}}
Footnotes
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.keckbooks.com David Keck}}
- [http://www.tor-forge.com/author/davidkeck David Keck's Tor Page]
- {{isfdb name|id=David_Keck|name=David Keck}}
=Interviews=
- [http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2008/02/interview-with-david-keck.html Interview at fantasybookcritic]
- [http://www.sffworld.com/interview/181p0.html Interview at sffworld]
- [https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/editorial-696/An-Interview-With-David-Keck Interview by Chadwick Ginther for mcnallyrobinson.com]
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Category:Alumni of the University of Sussex
Category:Canadian fantasy writers
Category:University of Winnipeg alumni