Jay Lake

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Jay Lake
Lake in 2004
Born	June 6, 1964 (1964-06-06) (age 44)
Occupation	product manager
Nationality	American
Writing period	Early 21st century
Genres	Science fiction, fantasy
Official website http://www.jlake.com

Jay Lake (born June 6, 1964) is a 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 lives in Portland, Oregon and currently works as a product manager for a voice services company. When appearing at conventions he invariably wears a Hawaiian shirt.

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

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Novels 1.2 Collections 1.3 Edited Works 2 External links

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

• Rocket Science (2005) Fairwood Press (ISBN 0-9746573-6-0)
• Trial of Flowers (The City Imperishable, Book 1, 2006) Night Shade Books (ISBN 1-59780-056-2)
• Mainspring (2007) Tor Books (ISBN 0-7653-1708-7)
• Madness of Flowers (The City Imperishable, Book 2, 2008, forthcoming) Night Shade Books
• Escapement (2008, forthcoming) Tor Books
• Green (April 2009, forthcoming) Tor Books

[edit] Collections

• Greetings from Lake Wu; Signed, numbered, luxury edition, Traife Buffet (2006) (ISBN 0-9787494-0-5)
• Greetings from Lake Wu, Wheatland Press (2003) (ISBN 0-9720547-2-3)
• Green Grow the Rushes-Oh, Fairwood Press (2003) (ISBN 0-9746573-2-8)
• American Sorrows, Wheatland Press (2004) (ISBN 0-9755903-0-8)
• Dogs in the Moonlight, Prime Books (2004) (ISBN 1-930997-56-6)
• The River Knows Its Own, Wheatland Press (2007, forthcoming)

[edit] Edited Works

• Polyphony 1 (with Deborah Layne), Wheatland Press (2002) (ISBN 0-9720547-0-7)
• Polyphony 2 (with Deborah Layne), Wheatland Press (2003) (ISBN 0-9720547-1-5)
• Polyphony 3 (with Deborah Layne), Wheatland Press (2003) (ISBN 0-9720547-3-1)
• Polyphony 4 (with Deborah Layne), Wheatland Press (2004) (ISBN 0-9720547-6-6)
• All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories (with David Moles), Wheatland Press (2004) (ISBN 0-9720547-7-4)
• Polyphony 5 (with Deborah Layne), Wheatland Press (2005) (ISBN 0-9755903-5-9)
• TEL: Stories, Wheatland Press (2005) (ISBN 0-9755903-3-2)
• Spicy Slipstream Stories (with Nick Mamatas), Wheatland Press (2006, forthcoming)

[edit] External links

• Jay Lake's Homepage, the author's official site. Includes his blog, bibliography, and links to some of his stories online.
• http://jaylake.livejournal.com/
• Interview with Jay Lake at Neth Space
• 2003 Interview at Ideomancer
• 2004 Interview at Strange Horizons
• Excerpt from 2006 Interview at Locus Magazine
• The Limited edition of Greetings from Lake Wu
• Night Shade Books publisher of The City Imperishable series