Joy Jordan-Lake
is a #1 Amazon bestselling author,
mom, hiker, dog-lover, gardener of all things hardy that need no coddling, a recently rededicated--but often backsliding--exercise enthusiast 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 two of these releasing in 2024. 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 A Crazy-Much Love and Sir Drake the Brave and the forthcoming All the Little Animals (May 2024). Joy's next novel for adults, a dual timeline story set in 2022 and WW2 on St. Simon's Island, Georgia, as well as the coast of France. launches this fall,

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

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