Jay Lake

Author

Jay Lake

21 books3 series

Joseph Edward Lake, Jr. (1964-2014) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. In 2003 he was a quarterly first place winner in the Writers of the Future contest. In 2004 he won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction. He lived in Portland, Oregon, and worked as a…

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Joseph Edward Lake, Jr. (1964-2014) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. In 2003 he was a quarterly first place winner in the Writers of the Future contest. In 2004 he won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction. He lived in Portland, Oregon, and worked as a product manager for a voice services company.

Lake's writings have appeared in numerous publications, including Postscripts, Realms of Fantasy, Interzone, Strange Horizons, Asimov's Science Fiction, Nemonymous, and the Mammoth Book of Best New Horror. He was an editor for the "Polyphony" anthology series from Wheatland Press, and was also a contributor to the Internet Review of Science Fiction.

AUTHOR CAREER

Publication timeline

Published and upcoming books by publication year. Undated TBA titles are excluded.

2003–201421 cataloged publications

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THE AUTHOR’S WRITING

Writing profile

Genres are based on books catalogued in Risingshadow’s English-language database. A book may belong to multiple genres.

Main classification

Fantasy6 (29%)
Science Fiction14 (67%)
Other1 (5%)

Each book counts once. Multiple primary genres use the shared presentation order; books without a primary genre are Other.

Genres and themes

Science Fiction14 / 21 books
Fantasy11 / 21 books
New Weird2 / 21 books
Alternate History2 / 21 books
Horror1 / 21 books