L.R. Lam is a ''Sunday Times'' best-selling British (expatriate American)

speculative fiction Speculative fiction is an umbrella term, umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from Realism (arts), realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or ...

author, who lives in Scotland. They previously wrote under the name Laura Lam and have written under the pen name Laura Ambrose.

Micah Grey series

Lam's debut novel, ''

Pantomime Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment, generally combining gender-crossing actors and topical humour with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or ...

'', published in 2013. It is a young adult novel telling the story of an

intersex Intersex people are those born with any of several sex characteristics, including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binar ...

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 The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world. History 19th century ...

on their 2014 Rainbow Book List, the 2014 Popular Paperbacks List in the GLBTQ category, and on the

Scottish Book Trust Scottish Book Trust is a national charity based in Edinburgh, Scotland promoting literature, reading and writing in Scotland. Scottish Book Trust works with and for a range of audiences, including babies and parents (through the Bookbug programm ...

as their "Teens Book of the Month" in May 2014. In 2014 it was also nominated for the

British Fantasy Society The British Fantasy Society (BFS) was founded in 1971 as the British Weird Fantasy Society, an offshoot of the British Science Fiction Association. The society is dedicated to promoting the best in the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres. ...

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, was published in 2017.

Pacifica duology

In July 2014 Lam signed a six-figure two-book deal with

Tor Books Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles. History Tor was founded by Tom Doherty, ...

, for the full world English language rights to ''False Hearts'' and ''Shattered Minds''. Subsequently, the Italian, German, and French rights for ''False Hearts'' were taken up, by Fanucci Editore,

Heyne Verlag Heyne Verlag (formerly Wilhelm Heyne Verlag) is a German publisher based in Munich, which was founded in Dresden in 1934 and sold to Axel Springer in 2000. In 2004 it became part of Random House. Heyne was one of the largest publishing houses in ...

and Bragelonne respectively.

Seven Devils duology

Lam and Elizabeth May have co-written a space opera entitled ''Seven Devils'', out through Gollancz in the UK and DAW in the US. It is described as ''Mad Max: Fury Road'' meets ''Rogue One''. Upon release, it hits #5 on the ''Sunday Times'' Bestseller list in the UK. The sequel, ''Seven Mercies'', follows in January 2022.

Bibliography

''Micah Grey''

# ''

'' (February 2013) Strange Chemistry. Re-released in e-book through Tor UK in December 2015 and in paperback in 2016 # ''Shadowplay'' (January 2014) Strange Chemistry. Re-released in e-book through Tor UK in December 2015 and in paperback in 2016 # ''Masquerade'' (March 2017) Tor/Macmillan

''Vestigial Tales''

# ''The Snake Charm'' (June 2014) Penglass Publishing # ''The Fisherman's Net'' (July 2014) Penglass Publishing # ''The Tarot Reader'' (August 2014) Penglass Publishing # ''The Card Sharp'' (September 2014) Penglass Publishing #''The Mechanical Minotaur'' (March 2017) Penglass Publishing

''False Hearts''

*''False Hearts'' (June 2016) Tor/ Macmillan *''Shattered Minds'' (June 2017) Tor/ Macmillan

''Seven Devils''

* ''Seven Devils'' with Elizabeth May (August 2020) DAW/Gollancz *''Seven Mercies'' with Elizabeth May (January 2022) DAW/Gollancz Goldilocks * ''Goldilocks'' (April/May 2020) Wildfire/Orbit

Short stories

*"They Swim Through Sunset Seas" (2014), ''Solaris Rising 3'', edited by

Ian Whates Ian Whates is a British speculative fiction author and editor. In 2006 he launched the independent publishing house NewCon Press. He lives with his partner Helen in Cambridgeshire. As of 2009 Whates is currently a director of both the Science Ficti ...

, Solaris Books. *"The Lioness" (March 2015), ''Cranky Ladies of History'' anthology, edited by Tehani Wessely and

Tansy Rayner Roberts Tansy Rayner Roberts (born 22 May 1978) is an Australians, Australian fantasy writer. Her short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' and ''Aurealis''. She also writes cr ...

, Fablecroft Press. *"A Certain Reverence" (2019), Scotland in Space: Creative Visions and Critical Reflections on Scotland's Space Futures, edited by Deborah Scott and Simon Malpas, Shoreline of Infinity.

As Laura Ambrose

''Romancing the Page'' series

# ''A Hidden Hope'' (October 2018) Penglass Publishing # ''A Perfect Balance'' (December 2018) Penglass Publishing # ''An Unheard Song'' (February 2019) Penglass Publishing #''Romancing the Page'' (May 2019) Penglass Publishing (compendium of novellas 1–3)

= Short stories

= * ''A Frozen Night'' (September 2018) Penglass Publishing

Awards and nominations

* ALA Rainbow Book List (2014, top ten title – ''Pantomime'') * "Teens Book of the Month" for the month of May 2014 for ''Pantomime'',

* Sydney J. Bounds Award for ''Pantomime'' (2014, nominated) * Bisexual Book Award for Speculative Fiction (2014, winner)

References

External links

*
Review of ''Snake Charm''
at Vada Magazine {{DEFAULTSORT:Lam, L. R. Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British non-binary writers British writers of young adult literature British speculative fiction writers American emigrants to Scotland