Laura Lam is a Sunday Times best-selling British (expatriate American) speculative fiction author, who lives in Scotland. [1] [2] She also writes under the pen name Laura Ambrose.
Laura Lam | |
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Pen name | Laura Ambrose |
Genre | young adult, romance, science fiction, fantasy |
Years active | 2013-now |
Notable awards | 2014 Bisexual Book Award for Speculative Fiction |
Website | |
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Lam's debut novel, Pantomime, published in 2013. It is a young adult novel telling the story of an intersex character, Micah Grey, who has run away from home to become a circus aerialist.
Pantomime, along with its sequel, Shadowplay, were published by Strange Chemistry. In 2014, Strange Chemistry folded. [3] In May 2015, it was announced that Tor UK had bought the rights to Pantomime, Shadowplay, and the third book in the series, Masquerade. [4]
Pantomime won the Bisexual Book Award for Speculative Fiction in 2014 at an event organised by the Bi Writers Association to increase awareness of bisexual books. [5] It appeared on reading lists promoted by the American Library Association on their 2014 Rainbow List, [6] the 2014 Popular Paperbacks List in the GLBTQ category, [7] and on the Scottish Book Trust as their "Teens Book of the Month" in May 2014. [8] In 2014 it was also nominated for the British Fantasy Society book awards. [9]
Shadowplay, the second in the Micah Grey series, continues the story of Micah Grey and Drystan the White Clown, on the run and seeking help from a magician and was ranked 17 in Fantasy Faction's Best Fantasy Books of 2014. [10] Masquerade, the final volume of the trilogy, was published in 2017.
In July 2014 Lam signed a six-figure two-book deal with Tor Books, for the full world English language rights to False Hearts and Shattered Minds. [11] Subsequently, the Italian, German, and French rights for False Hearts were taken up, by Fanucci Editore, Heyne Verlag and Bragelonne respectively.
Laura Lam and Elizabeth May have co-written a space opera entitled Seven Devils, out through Gollancz in the UK and DAW in the US. It is described as Mad Max: Fury Road meets Rogue One. Upon release, it hits #5 on the Sunday Times Bestseller list in the UK. [12] The sequel, Seven Mercies, follows in January 2022.
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Laura Lam is a Sunday Times best-selling British (expatriate American) speculative fiction author, who lives in Scotland. [1] [2] She also writes under the pen name Laura Ambrose.
Laura Lam | |
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Pen name | Laura Ambrose |
Genre | young adult, romance, science fiction, fantasy |
Years active | 2013-now |
Notable awards | 2014 Bisexual Book Award for Speculative Fiction |
Website | |
lauralam |
Lam's debut novel, Pantomime, published in 2013. It is a young adult novel telling the story of an intersex character, Micah Grey, who has run away from home to become a circus aerialist.
Pantomime, along with its sequel, Shadowplay, were published by Strange Chemistry. In 2014, Strange Chemistry folded. [3] In May 2015, it was announced that Tor UK had bought the rights to Pantomime, Shadowplay, and the third book in the series, Masquerade. [4]
Pantomime won the Bisexual Book Award for Speculative Fiction in 2014 at an event organised by the Bi Writers Association to increase awareness of bisexual books. [5] It appeared on reading lists promoted by the American Library Association on their 2014 Rainbow List, [6] the 2014 Popular Paperbacks List in the GLBTQ category, [7] and on the Scottish Book Trust as their "Teens Book of the Month" in May 2014. [8] In 2014 it was also nominated for the British Fantasy Society book awards. [9]
Shadowplay, the second in the Micah Grey series, continues the story of Micah Grey and Drystan the White Clown, on the run and seeking help from a magician and was ranked 17 in Fantasy Faction's Best Fantasy Books of 2014. [10] Masquerade, the final volume of the trilogy, was published in 2017.
In July 2014 Lam signed a six-figure two-book deal with Tor Books, for the full world English language rights to False Hearts and Shattered Minds. [11] Subsequently, the Italian, German, and French rights for False Hearts were taken up, by Fanucci Editore, Heyne Verlag and Bragelonne respectively.
Laura Lam and Elizabeth May have co-written a space opera entitled Seven Devils, out through Gollancz in the UK and DAW in the US. It is described as Mad Max: Fury Road meets Rogue One. Upon release, it hits #5 on the Sunday Times Bestseller list in the UK. [12] The sequel, Seven Mercies, follows in January 2022.
Goldilocks