Pyat
Pyat (born 1974) has been quietly active in the furry fandom since 1997. He is a particular fan of the Rabbits in Waistcoats genre of anthropomorphic fiction, a subset of furry he sometimes refers to as "Civilized Critters". He is Canadian and enjoys cheese. Pyat works as a newspaper reporter. He lives with his mates, Erin van Hiel, author of Dream-Carver, and Koray.
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[edit] Fandom involvement
As a professional journalist, Pyat has written about the fandom for print magazines, as well as web zines (e.g. Furry Thinking). His first article about fandom was a review of Furcadia printed in a 1997 issue of the defunct Toronto-based SF/fantasy magazine, Realms. That same year, Pyat also wrote a profile of Steve Gallacci for Realms.
[edit] Ironclaw
In 1999, Pyat contributed to the first edition of the Ironclaw role-playing game, and went on to write a number of supplements for the game. He is the co-author (with Rafferty) of the Albedo: Platinum Catalyst and Usagi Yojimbo role-playing games. He has also written material for Dungeons & Dragons supplements published by 3AM Games.
[edit] Furry chronicler
Pyat likes to consider himself something of a fandom historian, at least when it comes to tabletop RPGs, furrydom, and science fiction. He has written a number of articles about these subjects, and undertaken road trips to places significant in fandom history.
On the basis of some of this work, he appeared as a representative of fandom on an episode of the Canadian documentary series Fanboy Confessional in July, 2011.
[edit] Conventions
Pyat has been an author guest and panelist at a number of conventions, including:
- Anime North (guest in 2008, 2009, 2010)
- CACE (panelist in 2002)
- Fan Expo (guest in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
- Furnal Equinox (panelist in 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Hammercon (guest in 2009, 2010)
- Midwest FurFest (panelist in 2003)
- Phantasm (guest in 2006, 2009)
[edit] External links
- Unspoilt by progress - Pyat's LiveJournal