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Nick Lake

Nick Lake

Nick Lake

Nick Lake is 29 years old and a children's book editor at HarperCollins. He lives in London with his English teacher wife, Hannah. This is his first novel.

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. To paraphrase the existentialists - life is what you make it. Which amounts to a practical kind of karma, I suppose.
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My life in 8 words: "I would use the word "busy" eight times."
December 4, 2009
Absolutely no one at all has asked me who would win in a fight between Taro, the vampire ninja hero of BLOOD NINJA, and Edward,...
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Nick Lake Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. To paraphrase the existentialists - life is what you make it. Which amounts to a practical kind of karma, I suppose. Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Compassion. Empathy. Humour. Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Reading? Actually probably sleeping, to be honest. Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. Steerpike. (Also hero.) Q. What’s your fantasy profession? A. Bestselling and universally admired author. Learn more about Nick Lake

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Uxbridge Gazette, May 15, 2013
...festival was also realised when she was invited to speak alongside Costa prize-winner Sally Gardner and Printz prize-winner Nick Lake, who have both been nominated for the Carnegie medal. "It's already been an amazing year but hopefully there will be...
PublishersWeekly.com, April 18, 2013
...secrets. Pub date is winter 2015. Tracey Adams at Adams Literary negotiated the deal for North American rights. Nick Lake at HarperCollins U.K. and Phoebe Yeh at HarperCollins U. S. have acquired world-English language rights for the Darkmouth series by...
PublishersWeekly.com, April 5, 2013
...secrets. Pub date is winter 2015. Tracey Adams at Adams Literary negotiated the deal for North American rights. Nick Lake at HarperCollins U.K. and Phoebe Yeh at HarperCollins U. S. have acquired world-English language rights for the Darkmouth series by...
Media Bistro, April 4, 2013
...negotiated the deal with HarperCollins U.S. editorial director Phoebe Yeh and HarperCollins U.K. fiction publishing director Nick Lake. Here?s more from the release: In this monster-hunting, debut middle-grade fantasy series, DARKMOUTH, humans and...
Bookseller, April 4, 2013
...for 8-12 year-olds, written by Shane Hegarty, arts editor for the Irish Times. HC UK fiction publishing director Nick Lake and editorial director at HC US Phoebe Yeh bought world English language rights in four books from agent Marianne Gunn O'Connor....
Irish Times, April 4, 2013
...like Shane are very, very rare. You see a talent like this once every five or 10 years." Nick Lake, fiction publishing director at HarperCollins UK, described Hegarty as a "hilarious and distinctive new writer". Hegarty, who has previously published in...
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, March 23, 2013
...Woods, “The Fifth Assassin” by Brad Meltzer, “The Husband List” by Janet Evanovich YOUNG ADULT “In Darkness” by Nick Lake, “Monstrous Beauty” by Elizabeth Fama, “The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano” by Sonia Manzano, “Bomb: The...
This is Cornwall, May 9, 2013
...governors and staff to raise the quality of teaching and learning from good to outstanding. Chairman of governors Nick Lake said: "The governors want to take this opportunity to praise the staff for all they have achieved by working so effectively as a...
Solar Novus Today, May 8, 2013
...Trading; Don Henry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Conservation Foundation; Warwick Johnston, Managing Director of SunWiz; and Nick Lake, Managing Director of Sungevity, Australia. Andrew Livingston, Executive General Manager, Clean Energy...
Business Spectator, May 6, 2013
...which recently launched in Australia, and I was keen to learn more about their plans here, led by Nick Lake. Nigel Morris: Sungevity has become very successful in the US. What would you say are the three main keys to your success? Danny Kennedy:...
Renew Economy, May 6, 2013
...recently launched in Australia and I was keen to learn more about their plans in Australia, led by Nick Lake. Sungevity has become very successful in the US.� What would you say are the 3 main keys to your success? DK: Sungevity was one of the first...
Broadway World, May 3, 2013
...Scarlet will be adapted and directed by Paul Edwards . The company will feature PTE Ensemble Members David Fink , Nick Lake , and Brian Pastor. Guest artists will include Elaine Carlson, Jared Dennis, Richard Furin, Kevin Gladish, E Van Johnson , Ed...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 2, 2013
...Thomsons Dark Lord: A Fiend in Deed, which continues Dirk Lloyds comedic adventures; Hostage Three by Printz Medalist Nick Lake, in which a family on a boat outing is captured by pirates; Starry Nights by Daisy Whitney, which combines art, romance, and...
PublishersWeekly.com, April 27, 2013
...Thomsons Dark Lord: A Fiend in Deed, which continues Dirk Lloyds comedic adventures; Hostage Three by Printz Medalist Nick Lake, in which a family on a boat outing is captured by pirates; Starry Nights by Daisy Whitney, which combines art, romance, and...