Jay Lake

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Jay Lake in September 2004.

Joseph Edward "Joe" Lake, Jr. (June 6, 1964 – June 1, 2014) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He wrote Trial of Flowers (2006), Mainspring (2007), Escapement (2008), Madness of Flowers (2009) and Pinion (2010). He was a quarterly first place winner in the Writers of the Future contest in 2003. In 2004, he won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction.

Lake was born in Taiwan to foreign service officer Joseph Edward Lake (born 1941). He was raised in both Taiwan and Nigeria before settling in the United States.

Lake died of colorectal cancer on June 1, 2014 in Portland, Oregon. He was 49 years old.[1]

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  1. Anders, Charlie Jane (June 1, 2014). "R.I.P. Jay Lake, Irreplaceable Science Fiction And Fantasy Author". io9. Gawker Media. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

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