Angela is a San Francisco Bay Area native.
She studied journalism at Northwestern University as a Cherub scholar. She received her B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Sonoma State University.
Her nonfiction articles on real estate, lending and finance can be found online at SFGate.com. Her short stories, essays and poetry are published in a number of magazines, newspapers and anthologies, including The Dollar Stretcher, Foliate Oak , Kenwood Press, The Phoenix, Potpourri, The Sun, The Writer and Women’s Voices.
When she is not writing, she is either painting, reading, running or spending time with her family and friends.
BOOKS:
The Divorce Planner (2019)
Red Eggs and Good Luck (2015)
The Human Act and Other Stories (2012)
Out of Balance (2011)
Blood Moon Rising (2009)
Legs (2008)
Your biggest literary influences:
Ernest Hemingway and Sophie Kinsella
Last book read:
The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood
The book that changed your life:
Emily Climbs by L.M. Montgomery was the first book I read in which a woman struggled to find her way as a writer living in a closed-minded community with an unsupportive family.
Your favorite literary character:
Emily Bryd Starr (Emily Climbs) is my literary heroine because she defied social conventions, family challenges, and self-doubt to successfully pursue her literary dreams.
Currently working on:
Friends First, an unlikely relationship between a Gulf War amputee veteran suffering from PTSD and an overweight alcoholic woman, which will be published in 2020 by The Wild Rose Press.
Words to live by:
Never give up.
Advice for aspiring authors:
Write from your heart, and seek your audience.
Articles or Reviews:
Books Teacup and Reviews: The Divorce Planner by Angela Lam
Live Journal 7 out of 10 Book Review of Legs by Angela Lam
Triumph of Identity, an Interview with The La Cross Tribune about Red Eggs and Good Luck
North Coast Catholic Book Review of Red Eggs and Good Luck
Beth Fish Reads a review of Red Eggs and Good Luck
