Joy Jordan-Lake is a #1 Amazon bestselling author of thirteen books, including the forthcoming ECHOES OF US (Oct. 2024), a dual-timeline novel set on St. Simons Island during WWII and the present day. Her other notable works include A BEND OF LIGHT, A TANGLED MERCY (Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choice), UNDER A GILDED MOON (selected for North Carolina Reads 2023), and the Christy Award-winning BLUE HOLE BACK HOME. Joy has also authored three children’s picture books and several academic and nonfiction works.
With two master’s degrees and a Ph.D. in English literature, Joy writes full time and occasionally teaches at Belmont University. She’s also a mom, hiker, dog-lover, traveler, gardener, and a sometimes-backsliding runner.
