Laura Lam
Laura Lam is a Sunday Times bestselling British (expatriate American) speculative fiction author, who lives in Scotland. She also writes under the pen name Laura Ambrose. 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, was published in 2017. Pacifica duology. 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 "Shattered Minds". Subsequently, the Italian, German, and French rights for "False Hearts" were taken up, by , Heyne Verlag and respectively. Seven Devils duology. Laura 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. Goldilocks