Jay Lake
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.