Edward Kay
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Edward Kay is a Toronto-based writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 with a background in both live-action and animated
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...

 television comedy, as well as print journalism.

Kay spent four years as a writer and producer on the political satire, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...

, before becoming supervising producer of The Itch, a comedy series starring Jason Jones
Jason Jones (actor)
Jason Jones is a Canadian actor and comedian who is a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.-Life and career:Jones was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He attended Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto...

 of The Daily Show
The Daily Show
The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...

, and Jessica Holmes
Jessica Holmes
Jessica Holmes is a Canadian comedian and actress. She is best known for her work with the Royal Canadian Air Farce, which she joined in 2003. She is married to actor Scott Yaphe....

. Kay then co-created the animated children’s series, Ollie's Under-the-Bed Adventures (later known as Olliver's Adventures
Olliver's Adventures
Olliver's Adventures is an animated television show that aired on Teletoon and with a variety of foreign broadcasters, including ABC in Australia...

) and wrote the pilot episode, which won a Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...

 for Best Animated Program. He has written numerous episodes of Atomic Betty
Atomic Betty
Atomic Betty is a Canadian animated television series produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Films & Television, and Tele Images Kids. Additional funding for production is provided by Teletoon in Canada and M6 and Télétoon in France. It currently airs on CITV. The series has once again begun...

, a television series broadcast in more than 100 countries. With Sean Scott, he is the co-creator of Jimmy Two-Shoes
Jimmy Two-Shoes
Jimmy Two-Shoes is a Canadian/American animated television series. It airs on Disney XD in the United Kingdom and in the USA, and Teletoon in Canada...

, an animated comedy series that in December 2007, was put into production by broadcasters Jetix
Jetix
Jetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...

 and Teletoon
Télétoon (Canadian TV channel)
Télétoon is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel that specializes in animation programming. Télétoon is owned by Teletoon Canada Inc; a 50/50 partnership between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment...

.

Kay's first novel, a comedic work entitled STAR Academy http://edwardkay.net/blog/star-academy-the-novel/ was released September 15, 2009 by Random House/Doubleday. The sequel, Dark Secrets, was released on September 13, 2011.

Kay’s writing for This Hour Has 22 Minutes has garnered him three Gemini Awards, a Canadian Comedy Award, and a Canadian Screenwriting Award. For his work in print journalism he has received two Canadian National Magazine Award Honourable Mentions.

External links

  • http://www.edwardkay.net
  • http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385667067
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