Date: 2006-10-05 22:27 Subject: The Literary Resume Security: Public Tags: grants, personal, process, writing

hkneale asked in the grant discussion what a "literary resume" was and how that differed from a bibliography. As I told them, I had to ask the grant administrator that question. I was told, "The resume is often reflective of artistic work - the panel typically does want to know more than a bibliography would provide. Your choice."

Forthwith, for your delectation, my literary resume as sent to the Oregon Arts Commission. (Some formatting has evaporated here, of course, and I'm too tired to go layer in all the missing italics and whatnot.)

Jay Lake
PO Box 42611 | Portland, Oregon 97242-0611 | 503.806.3626 | jlake@jlake.com

Current Books
• Trial of Flowers, Night Shade Books, September, 2006 (novel, decadent urban fantasy)
• Greetings From Lake Wu, Traife Buffet, August, 2006 (slipcase limited reprint w/color plates)
• Rocket Science, Fairwood Press, August, 2005 (novel, Golden Age science fiction)
• Dogs in the Moonlight, Prime Books, August, 2004 (collection, Texas fantasy)
• American Sorrows, Wheatland Press, August, 2004 (collection, literary fantasy)
• Greetings From Lake Wu, Wheatland Press, August, 2003 (collection, multi-genre)

Books Forthcoming
• The River Knows Its Own, Wheatland Press, February, 2007 (collection, Northwest fantasy)
• Mainspring, Tor Books, June, 2007 (novel, high concept quest fantasy)
• Madness of Flowers, Night Shade Books, December, 2007 (novel, sequel to Trial of Flowers)
• [untitled collection], Per Aspera Books, February, 2008 (collection, novellas)
• Stemwinder, Tor Books, June, 2008 (novel, sequel to Mainspring)

Books In Progress
• Black Tulip, historical thriller set in 17th century Netherlands (in research)
• Death of a Starship, science fiction thriller (full draft, awaiting revision)
• Original Destiny, Manifest Sin, magical history of the American west (partial draft)
• Other Me, young adult science fiction (full draft, awaiting revision)

Current Short Fiction
• “Different in the Lands of Glory,” Agog! Ripping Reads, Agog Press
• “Little Pig, Berry Brown, and the Hard Moon,” The Magic Toybox, DAW Books
• “The Righteous Path,” Time After Time, DAW Books
• “Schwarze Madonna and the Sandalwood Knight,” w/Ruth Nestvold, Realms of Fantasy, 06/06
• “Small Magic,” Weird Tales #340
• Almost 200 other stories in print or accepted for publication

Awards
• Finalist, World Fantasy Award (with Deborah Layne) for editing, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Winner, John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, 2004
• Finalist for Hugo Award for Best Novelette, 2004 (“Into the Gardens of Sweet Night”)
• First place winner, L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest, 2003
(“Into the Gardens of Sweet Night”)
• Finalist, L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest, 2002 (“The Goat Cutter”)
• Winner, Best of Soft Science Fiction Prize, 2002 (“The Courtesy of Guests”)

Writing Career Highlights
• Five novels and almost two hundred short stories sold since first short fiction sale 2001
• Major New York publishing contract to deliver hardback originals in 2007 and 2008
• Rocket Science (novel) received a starred review in Booklist
• Dogs In the Moonlight (collection) received a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly
• Stories have appeared or been accepted for markets in Australia, Canada, Greece, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and elsewhere

Editorial Career Highlights
• “Hart and Boot,” by Tim Pratt, acquired for Polyphony 4, included in Best American Short Stories 2005
• “The Wings of Meister Wilhelm,” Theodora Goss, acquired for Polyphony 4, World Fantasy Award finalist, 2005
• “Don Ysidro,” by Bruce Holland Rogers, acquired for Polyphony 3, won World Fantasy Award, 2004
• Numerous honorable mentions and critical citations in Year’s Best volumes since 2002

Review Excerpts
“The ancient and decadent City Imperishable teeters on the verge of obliteration in this inventive fantasy from the prolific Lake (Rocket Science), if not from the armies marching toward its gates, then from the dark, bloodthirsty gods reawakening within its walls. ... Filled with violence and some seriously perverse sex, this grand guignol of a book should appeal to fans of such authors of urban fantasies as China Miéville and Jeff VanderMeer.”
— Publisher’s Weekly on Trial of Flowers

“Trial of Flowers is in sum harsh and exacting as well as exotic and sumptuous; it adds to its genre a reinforcing rigor, starting with the conventional but then interrogating it remorselessly, so that no reader may doubt the continuing integrity and significance of the New Weird. Trial’s sequel is to be called Madness of Flowers—it is likely that the City will continue to have to earn its ontological keep by methods dire and unhinged.”
— Locus Magazine on Trial of Flowers

“Sixty years ago—exactly when it is set—this low-tech (well, except for Pegasus) sf romp, chock-full of surprises, might have made one of the best B movies ever. Nowadays, Hollywood would destroy the situational rather than dialogue-dependent humor, the non-ironic characterizations, the clean talk, and the good manners that Vernon must ruefully flout. This is a real tour-de-force by a top-flight talent.”
— Booklist on Rocket Science (starred review)

“Considered one of the rising young stars of fantasy fiction, the prolific Lake amply demonstrates his talent in his second story collection. .... By turns horrific and hilariously funny (or both), these beautifully written stories feature strong characters, a well-delineated sense of place and a powerfully skewed vision of the world.”
— Publisher’s Weekly on Dogs In the Moonlight (starred review)

Personal Background
• Born in Republic of China
• Raised in Southeast Asia and West Africa
• B.A., Plan II, University of Texas at Austin, 1986
• Professional career in high technology marketing
• Parent of an adoptive daughter from China
• Emerging speculative fiction author and editor
• Oregon resident since 2000