Dawn K. Lake

Dawn K. Lake is a writer of fantasy and science fiction who lives in Australia. She has a PhD in literature, too many books, and shares her home with a grumpy calico cat.

Readers can expect to find women, lesbians, and a good splash of romance in most everything she writes. You could say it's her mission in life to combine her love of fantasy with the kind of lesbian-centric stories she wishes she could have had growing up.

In 2020, she published her first novel, Waking Beauty, a lesbian fairy tale romance.

In November 2021, she will be releasing the audiobook version of Waking Beauty.

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