Joy Jordan-Lake

is a #1 Amazon bestselling author,
mom, soon-to-be grandmother, hiker, dog-lover, gardener of all things hardy that need no coddling, a recently rededicated--but often backsliding--runner and, from time to time, an adjunct professor of literature and creative writing.

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To date, she's written 13 books with her next novel, Echoes of Us, a dual timeline story set in 2022 and WW2 on St. Simon's Island, Georgia, as well as the coast of France. launching this fall. Joy's work includes historical and dual timeline novels such as the #1 bestselling A Tangled Mercy, set in Charleston, SC; Under a Gilded Moon, set at the Biltmore Estate during the Gilded Age and selected as a Humanities NC for its 2023 North Carolina Reads program; the Christy Award-winning Blue Hole Back Home; and A Bend of Light, a historical mystery set on the coast of Maine.  Her children's picture books include the recently released All the Little Animals: A Bedtime Book A-Z, inspired by her great grandmother, as well as  A Crazy-Much Love and Sir Drake the Brave.

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Joy loves to connect with readers and other writers, so a hundred thousand welcomes to you!

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