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
[travel|food] Open Dinner, Austin, TX, Monday, May 21st
After some deliberation, I am calling an Open Dinner in Austin, Texas next Monday, May 21st. We’ll meet at the Hyde Park & Grill at their original location on Duval Street, at 6:30 pm. Please let me know here in comments if you’ll be attending, as headcount can be something of an issue at that [...]
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 |









































