Joseph E. Lake, Jr. (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 usually wears a Hawaiian shirt.
Jay has 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 is an editor for the Polyphony anthology series from Wheatland Press, and is also a contributor for the Internet Review of Science Fiction.
Trial of Flowers (October 2006) Night Shade Books (ISBN 1-59780-056-2)
Madness of Flowers (October 2009) Night Shade Books (ISBN 1-59780-098-8)
Reign of Flowers (forthcoming)
In addition to these three novels there are at least two more stories set in the City Imperishable:
"The Soul Bottles" from the anthology Leviathan 4: Cities (ed. by Forrest Aguirre, Night Shade Books, Nov. 2004) is the first published story of The City Imperishable.
"Promises: A Tale of the City Imperishable" (2008) in An Anthology of Urban Fantasy (ed. Ekaterina Sedia)
Mainspring Universe
Mainspring (June 2007) Tor Books (ISBN 0-7653-1708-7)
Escapement (June 2008) Tor Books (ISBN 0-7653-1709-5)
Pinion (March 2010) Tor Books
In addition to these three novels there are at least two more novellas set in the Mainspring Universe:
" Chain of Fools" (Subterranean, Oct 2008) and
" Chain of Stars" (Subterranean, Oct 2009), loose sequel to "Chain of Fools"
Green Universe
Green (June 2009) Tor Books
Endurance (forthcoming)
Kalimpura (forthcoming)
In addition to these three novels there is at least one more story set in the world of Green: