Joseph Edward "Joe" Lake, Jr. (June 6, 1964 – June 1, 2014) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. His best known works were "Trial of Flowers" (2006), "Mainspring" (2007), "Escapement" (2008), "Madness of Flowers" (2009) and "Pinion" (2010). He was a quarterly first place winner in the Writers of the Future contest in 2003. In 2004, he won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction.