Joy Jordan-Lake
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Joy Jordan-Lake

Literature & Fiction | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Joy Jordan-Lake is a #1 Amazon bestselling author of eleven books. Her most recent works include the historical mystery A BEND OF LIGHT, set on the coast of Maine, as well as the bestselling A TANGLED MERCY, a Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choice selection; UNDER A GILDED MOON, chosen by Humanities North Carolina as one of five books for the North Carolina Reads 2023 statewide book club; and the Christy Award-winning BLUE HOLE BACK HOME. Her novel-in-progress is a dual timeline story set in present day and WW2 on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. It will release in fall of 2024. In addition to academic books and other nonfiction for adults, Joy has published two children’s picture books, SIR DRAKE THE BRAVE and A CRAZY-MUCH LOVE, with a third soon to be announced. Having earned two masters degrees as well as a Ph.D. in English literature with an emphasis on the 19th-century, Joy currently writes full time and teaches some semesters as an adjunct professor at Belmont University. She is also a mom of young adult children, hiker, dog-lover, traveler, gardener of all things that need no coddling, and a recently-rededicated—though sometimes backsliding—runner. Some of Joy Jordan-Lake's short stories, including a newly released "The Last Summer" (formerly "The Blue Hole and the Burning Cross") were originally published in her first book, GRIT & GRACE: Portraits of a Woman's Life, a collection of stories, poems and essays. The Chicago Tribune described the stories this way: "Written with much heart and wit, this little gem of a book touches on the ordinary and profound experiences that make up a woman's life . . . a poignant and satisfying collection . . . funny and sad, inspiring and awfully surprising."
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