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Nick Lake

Nick Lake

Nick Lake

Nick Lake is a children's book editor at Harper UK. He received his degree in English from Oxford University. The Blood Ninja trilogy was inspired by his interest in the Far East, and by the fact that he is secretly a vampire ninja himself. Nick lives... Read full bio

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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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Blood Ninja III will be released on August 07, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 05, 2012
Blood Ninja II will be released on December 06, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Dec 06, 2011
Blood Ninja II is now available in Trade Paperback
Dec 06, 2011
Blood Ninja II is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Dec 07, 2010
Blood Ninja II will be released on December 07, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
Dec 07, 2010
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Chapter 1 from Blood Ninja II
Nov 30, 2010
Blood Ninja is now available in Trade Paperback
Aug 31, 2010
Blood Ninja will be released on August 31, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Aug 31, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Blood Ninja
Feb 04, 2010
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Taro vs Edward
Dec 05, 2009
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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. With whom in history do you most identify? A. Er... someone who was a writer and an editor? I don't know. I don't think I identify with anyone. Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. Self-recrimination and low self-esteem. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Sally Lockhart. Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. Hmmm. "Beat It"; "Here, There and Everywhere" by the Beatles; "U-Mass" by the Pixies; "Heartbeat" by Annie and "Etched Headplate" by Burial Learn more about Nick Lake

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New York Times, February 10, 2012
...that plays with alternate (and always depressing) realities, a likely eye-opener for many teenage readers. IN DARKNESS By Nick Lake 341 pp. Bloomsbury. $17.99. (Young adult; ages 14 and up) Set in January 2010 in the days after the earthquake that...
New York Times, February 10, 2012
...Nick Lake’s novel, set in Haiti, alternates between the country’s violent past and its tumultuous present...
AllAfrica.com, January 28, 2012
Guardian.co.uk, January 20, 2012
...bestsellers and more obscure fare – anything that might give the remotest clue to the world outside my suburb. Nick Lake's In Darkness is just the kind of book that might attract this brand of unfair criticism. It has a complex structure, deals with...
Star Ledger, January 15, 2012
...are, this novel is worth a read only if one can find enjoyment in stark despair. In Darkness Nick Lake Bloomsbury, 352 pp., $17.99 Haiti, following a hurricane, is the jumping-off point for this reflection on the troubled history of a Caribbean nation....
All In London, January 10, 2012
...gang culture from Haiti to London with Man Booker Prize shortlisted author Stephen Kelman and acclaimed new author Nick Lake. Pigeon English is the tale of Harri...
Oxford Times, September 26, 2011
...new wave of blood-sucking ninjas, swords and decapitation Inspired by an interest in Japanese mythology and literature, author Nick Lake admits the idea for his books was triggered by a jokey exchange with a fellow editor at publishers HarperCollins,...
Daily Californian, December 10, 2011
...established a makeshift encampment adorned with streamers, balloons and Occupy art brought over from Sproul. UC Berkeley senior Nick Lake, who has played a prominent role as an artist in maintaining Occupy Cal’s visibility, was tasked with making the...
Bookseller, December 9, 2011
...among the first to speak at a Bloomsbury Salon event. He will be interviewed, alongside In Darkness author Nick Lake, by Julia Eccleshare on 31st January. The first Bloomsbury Institute Lecture will be given in February by Slow Finance author Gervais...
Inside Bay Area, November 16, 2011
...Student Nick Lake hangs wind chimes at Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. (Kristopher Skinner/Staff) Related Link Police have cleared a small offshoot of the Occupy San Francisco...
Inside Bay Area, November 16, 2011
...Student Nick Lake hangs wind chimes at Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. (Kristopher Skinner/Staff) Related Link Police are moving to clear the Occupy San Francisco camp, even...
Inside Bay Area, November 16, 2011
...Student Nick Lake hangs wind chimes at Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. (Kristopher Skinner/Staff) Related Link Police are moving to clear the Occupy San Francisco camp, even...
Inside Bay Area, November 16, 2011
...Student Nick Lake hangs wind chimes at Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. (Kristopher Skinner/Staff) Related Link Police are moving to clear the Occupy San Francisco camp, even...
Contra Costa Times, November 16, 2011
...Student Nick Lake hangs wind chimes at Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. (Kristopher Skinner/Staff) Related Link Police are moving to clear the Occupy San Francisco camp, even...