Kyell Gold


Kyell Gold is the pen name of Tim Susman, a Californian novelist. Kyell Gold is chiefly known for writing male homosexual romance literature for the furry fandom. His published works include the Dev and Lee novels, the three Dangerous Spirits young adult novels, other books in the Forester Universe, and the three novels and several short stories in the Argaea series.
Gold, who represents himself as a Red Fox, is one of the most acclaimed furry writers, having won more Ursa Major Awards than anyone else. He currently has eight awards ; beating the previous record of six, held by Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai. Gold has also been acknowledged by non-furry writers. In 2010 he was nominated for the WSFA Small Press Award for short fiction.
In January 2017, Gold was interviewed in Slate regarding The Time He Desires, Islamophobia, Islam and homosexuality.
In May 2017, Tim Susman published an essay in Entropy magazine, explaining why he started to use the pen name Kyell Gold. On his blog, Gold explains why he is now open about his real name as "partly because I don't care as much now", but also because the Tim Susman novel The Tower and the Fox will be published soon. Tim Susman has previously published the novel Common and Precious, and is the co-founder of Sofawolf Press.

History

Gold's first published story was "The Prisoner's Release" in the magazine Heat, an adult publication by Sofawolf Press. Gold went on to write novels, starting with Volle, which became the first part of his Argaea fantasy series. Volle won Gold his first Ursa Major Award in 2005 for "Best Anthropomorphic Novel". In 2006, his sequel—Pendant of Fortune—won the 2006 Ursa Major Award in the same category. Fred Patten reviewed the pair, calling them "arguably the best anthropomorphic novels yet written". He also won that year's "Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction" for his short story Jacks to Open, published by Fur Rag.
Gold won his fourth Ursa Major with "Don't Blink", which was voted "Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction" for 2007. He again won both the "Novel" and "Short Fiction" categories for 2008 with Waterways and In Between respectively. Gold won the same prizes again in the 2009 awards with Out of Position and Drifting.
In 2010, Gold was nominated for WSFA Small Press Award for short fiction with his story Race to the Moon.

Current activities

Gold himself has set a goal of writing at least one novel-length work a year, as well as a collection of short stories which are published on furry fandom websites Fur Affinity and SoFurry.
Outside his work, he lives with his husband, Kit Silver, and boyfriend, @HashtagPurr on twitter. He attends furry conventions around the world to engage with the fandom and promote his books, while being active on Twitter.

Published works

A list of printed editions of Gold's work, also including Twelve Sides.
TitleSeriesYearIllustratorPublisherISBNType
VolleArgaea series2005Sara Palmer Sofawolf Pressnovel
Pendant of FortuneArgaea series2006Sara PalmerSofawolf Pressnovel
The Prisoner's Release
and Other Stories		Argaea series2007Sara Palmer, Vince Suzukawa, "Taurin Fox",
Adam Wan, Leo Magna.		Sofawolf Pressshort stories
Common & Precious New Tibet2007Heather Bruton, Sara PalmerSofawolf Pressnovel
WaterwaysForester Universe2008John Nunnemacher Sofawolf Pressnovel
Out of PositionDev and Lee2009"Blotch" Sofawolf Pressnovel
Shadow of the FatherArgaea series2010Sara PalmerSofawolf Pressnovel
BridgesForester Universe2010"Keovi"Furplanetnovella
Isolation PlayDev and Lee2011"Blotch" Sofawolf Pressnovel
Weasel PresentsArgaea series2011Sara PalmerFurplanetshort stories
In the Doghouse of Justice2011Alexander RomanSofawolf Pressshort stories
Science FrictionForester Universe2011"Cirrus"FurPlanetnovella
Green FairyDangerous Spirits2012RukisSofawolf Pressnovel
Winter GamesForester Universe2012"Sabretoothed Ermine"FurPlanetnovella
DivisionsDev and Lee2013"Blotch" Sofawolf Pressnovel
Red DevilDangerous Spirits2014RukisSofawolf Pressnovel
The Mysterious Affair of GilesForester Universe2014Sara Miles Furplanetnovella
UncoveredDev and Lee2014"Blotch" Sofawolf Pressnovel
Losing My ReligionForester Universe2015"BlackTeagan" Furplanetnovella
Over TimeDev and Lee2016Rukis & "Kenket" Sofawolf Pressnovel
Black AngelDangerous Spirits2016RukisSofawolf Pressnovel
Twelve Sides2016Rukis Croax24 Carat Booksshort stories
The Time He DesiresForester Universe2016"Kamui"Furplanetnovella
Love Match: 2008–2010Love Match2017Rukis CroaxFurplanetnovel
The Tower and the Fox
The Calatians2017Laura GarabedianFurplanetnovel
Love Match: 2010–2012Love Match2018Rukis CroaxFurplanetnovel
The Demon and the Fox
The Calatians2018Laura GarabedianFurplanetnovel
Ty GameForester Universe2018The Neverwolf, RukisSofawolf Pressnovel
The War and the Fox
The Calatians2019Laura GarabedianFurplanetnovel
TitlesDev and Lee2019Rukis, Amon OmegaFurplanetnovel

As editor

All of the books above include at least one story written by the editor. Gold's stories have also been published in furry erotica magazines Heat and Fang.