Name Laura Lam | Role Author | |
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Books False Hearts, Pantomime, Shadowplay | ||
Pantomime book review: Pride Month!
Laura Lam is a British (expatriate American) speculative fiction author, who lives in Scotland.
Contents
- Pantomime book review Pride Month
- Micah Grey series
- False Hearts series
- Awards and nominations
- References
Micah Grey series
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. In May 2015, it was announced that Tor UK had bought the rights to Pantomime, Shadowplay, and the third book in the series, Masquerade.
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. It appeared on reading lists promoted by the American Library Association on their 2014 Rainbow List, the 2014 Popular Paperbacks List in the GLBTQ category, and on the Scottish Book Trust as their "Teens Book of the Month" in May 2014. In 2014 it was also nominated for the British Fantasy Society book awards.
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. Masquerade, the final volume of the trilogy, will appear in 2017.
False Hearts series
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 an untitled novel. Subsequently the Italian, German, and French rights were taken up, by Fanucci Editore, Heyne Verlag and Bragelonne respectively.