Edward Willett is the award-winning author (under his own name and as E.C. Blake and Lee Arthur Chane) of more than sixty books of science fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction for readers of all ages, including twelve novels for DAW Books. He has been shortlisted multiple times for Saskatchewan Book Awards, and won for his young adult fantasy Spirit Singer (Shadowpaw Press). He won Canada’s top science fiction and fantasy award, the Aurora, for his second novel for DAW, Marseguro, and has been shortlisted several times since, including for his recent young adult science fiction novel Star Song (Shadowpaw Press). Ed has also won an Aurora Award for his podcast, The Worldshapers, where he talks to other authors about their latest books and creative process. In addition to being a writer and editor, Ed is a professional actor and singer. He lives in Regina, Saskatchewan, with his wife, Margaret Anne Hodges, a professional engineer.

EDWARD WILLETT

ABOUT EDWARD WILLETT

Award-winning Canadian author, and host of The Worldshapers podcast, Edward Willett, is joining the Tuscany Bay Books family in 2026 with his The Helix War series.

Tuscany Bay Books will be re-releasing new editions of the first two books of the series, Marseguro, which won the 2009 Aurora Award, honoring Canadian science fiction and fantasy, for Best Long-Form Work in English, and Terra Insegura, which was a finalist for the same award the following year, in the Fall/Winter of 2026/2027.

The brand-new third book of the series, which currently has the working title of Vingança, will be released one month later.

Tuscany Bay Book's is thrilled to welcome Edward into our growing list of award-winning authors and talented story-tellers. He is Tuscany Bay's first internationally-based novelist and we hope he will be the first of many more to come.