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Who is Jay Lake?

Jay Lake Author Photo (c) 2004 B. Nierstedt

  • Award-winning author of four novels and over 200 short stories
  • Frequent guest at conventions, conferences and workshops
  • Acclaimed anthology editor
  • Winner of the 2004 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
  • Multiple Hugo and World Fantasy Award nominee
  • 2008 Sidewise Award finalist
  • 2008 John W. Campbell Memorial Award finalist (the other Campbell Award)
  • First place winner in L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future contest
  • Represented by Jennifer Jackson of Donald Maass Literary Agency

Interviews: Locus | Bloggasm (concerning my experiences with cancer)

Latest Post

[religion] Intelligent Design

I’ve managed to get myself into an argument with an Intelligent Design troll over on io9.com. Yes, I really do know better. But there’s a really important point about Intelligent Design that most people seem to miss.
The concept of “irreducible complexity” lies at the heart of Intelligent Design’s attempted argument. Irreducible complexity [...]

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Books

Novels
Escapement by Jay Lake Mainspring by Jay Lake Trial of Flowers by Jay Lake Rocket Science by Jay Lake
Escapement Mainspring Trial of Flowers Rocket Science
Short Fiction Collections
The River Knows Its Own by Jay Lake American Sorrows by Jay Lake Dogs In the Moonlight by Jay Lake Greetings From Lake Wu by Jay Lake
The River Knows
Its Own
American Sorrows Dogs In
the Moonlight
Greetings From
Lake Wu
Anthologies and Editing Projects
TEL : Stories edited by Jay Lake All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories edited by David Moles and Jay Lake Polyphony 6 edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake Polyphony 5 edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake
TEL : Stories All-Star Zeppelin
Adventure Stories
Polyphony 6 Polyphony 5
Polyphony 4 edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake Polyphony 3 edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake Polyphony 2 edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake Polyphony 1 edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake
Polyphony 4 Polyphony 3 Polyphony 2 Polyphony 1
Chapbooks and Limited Editions
Greetings From Lake Wu Slipcase Limited Edition Green Grow the Rushes-Oh (chapbook) Christmas Season (chapbook) Loving Julius (chapbook)
Greetings From Lake Wu
(slipcase limited edition)
Green Grow
the Rushes-Oh

(chapbook)
Christmas Season
(chapbook)
(out of print)
Loving Julius
(chapbook)
(out of print)

Latest Novel

Learn More about Escapement!

Recent Photos

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