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
[books] Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
A couple of days ago, I finished reading Saladin Ahmed’s debut novel, Throne of the Crescent Moon [ Powells | BN ]. This is Arabian-inspired fantasy, a subgenre that Saladin appears to share almost exclusively with Howard Andrew Jones, and it’s a lot of fun. The book’s been getting considerable critical buzz, and justly so. What I particularly love [...]
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“
Books
|
Novels
|
|||
> |
 |
 |
 |
| Green | Escapement | Mainspring | Trial of Flowers |
 |
|||
| Rocket Science | |||
|
Short Fiction Collections
|
|||
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The River Knows Its Own |
American Sorrows | Dogs In the Moonlight |
Greetings From Lake Wu |
|
Anthologies and Editing Projects
|
|||
 |
 |
 |
 |
| TEL : Stories | All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories |
Polyphony 6 | Polyphony 5 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 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) (out of print) |
Loving Julius (chapbook) (out of print) |
