When terraforming comes unraveled. Colonists have terraformed the planet Lithia, but now the green biosphere is unraveling. In its place...

I’m excited to announce the re-issue of my John W. Campbell Award finalist, The Braided World. If alien contact and cultures are your cup...

In this lovely re-issue, my story of an altered earth, and a cold welcome to the return of the generation ship Star Road. Available in...

Join me at the “Think Local Authors First” event in Wenatchee WA on Saturday. Ten local authors showcase their books! Win prizes donated...

The planet Null is not what it seems. On a brief stop over, Captain Eli Dammand will find his routine mission taking a disastrous turn....

If you’re in the neighborhood, please join me in Leavenworth WA for a signing and launch of my latest book! A Book for All Seasons...

Me and Larry Brooks at last year’s conference chatting with a writer on her project. Friday-Sunday, May 15, 16 and 17, Wenatchee WA...

My debut novel is reissued today with a gorgeous new cover! The Seeds of Time is the story of Clio Finn, paranoid, smart-assed, and maybe...

Publishing a new book is always a cause for celebration, and especially for this one. Beginnings I sat on this very couch seven winters...

There are some trips that you look forward to all your life, and some that end up being unforgettable. This trip was both. After World...

In mid-August, I toured England with my husband and two dear friends. The trip included Worldcon in London, and then off we went for fun...

I moderated a panel on Imagining the City, a celebration and inquiry into how authors create cities of the imagination. Panelists were...

New York Times bestselling author, Jess Walter Two weeks until the fab writers conference in Easter Washington, Write on the River. Join...

You gotta love it. Write on the River in Wenatchee. Join us in wine country May 16-18 for sunshine, workshops, exciting teachers, and the...

I’ll be getting around a bit in the next several weeks. Love to see some of you at these events: (I realize I live in the upper left hand...

This week Camille Alexa reviewed A Thousand Perfect Things for Sleeping Hedgehog: A Journal of An Untraditional Nature, the sister...

A Kindle Fire makes a great — put pricey — gift for Christmas. Here’s a chance to win one. Some other authors and bloggers and I are...

◊ A Victorian woman in an India of Magic ◊ Don’t forget, just in time for a holiday book gift, you have a chance to win a signed paper...

Jay Lake and daughter Bronwyn A great time in Portland OR at OryCon. Some highlights: Got to hear Nancy Kress hold forth on endings. She...

OryCon. Here’s my schedule. Hope you’ll drop by my reading at 11:30 on Saturday! Also, if you’re in the Portland area, please drop by...