Who is Jay Lake?

- Award-winning author of ten novels (eight in print, two forthcoming) and over 300 short stories
- Cancer survivor who blogs about politics, technology and health
- Frequent headliner 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
- Published by Tor Books, Night Shade Books, MonkeyBrain Books, Fairwood Press, Wheatland Press and Subterranean Press
- Represented by Jennifer Jackson of Donald Maass Literary Agency
Cancer Blogging: An index to my cancer blogging since 2008
Interviews: Locus | Bloggasm (concerning my experiences with cancer)
Audio: My books at Audible.com | METAtropolis
Free download of “In the Forests of the Night” read by Michael Hogan
Contact: jlake@jlake.com | Twitter: jay_lake
Latest Post
[cancer] The dragons of doubt
I am off to see both my oncologists this morning. That would be my medical oncologist, who is the primary doctor on my cancer case, and the surgical oncologist who has now operated on my liver twice. This was supposed to be follow-up from last year’s treatment, with both doctors, but now it’s turned into [...]
Short Fiction Online
- “The Sky that Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black“
- “The Speed of Time“
- “The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Home from the Stars“, with Ruth Nestvold (reprinted in Year’s Best Science Fiction, vol. 23)
- “The Cleansing Fire of God“
- “Green Grow the Rushes-Oh“
- “The Hangman Isn’t Hanging“
- “Jack’s House“
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| Green | Escapement | Mainspring | Trial of Flowers |
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Short Fiction Collections
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| The River Knows Its Own |
American Sorrows | Dogs In the Moonlight |
Greetings From Lake Wu |
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Anthologies and Editing Projects
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| TEL : Stories | All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories |
Polyphony 6 | Polyphony 5 |
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| Polyphony 4 | Polyphony 3 | Polyphony 2 | Polyphony 1 |









































