Bethany Lake is a playwright, novelist, and freelancer from Nova Scotia, Canada. As a playwright, she has had three of her plays produced in Halifax with Demasquer Theatre. Her play, No Animal, has been published in The Furious Gazelle, a literary magazine based in New York City. 

She is a regular contributor to Rue Morgue magazine, where she has conducted interviews with artists such as Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Mark Soper (The World According to Garp, Knots Landing) and Damien Leone (Terrifier, Terrifier 2). Bethany’s work has also appeared in Atlantic Books Today, The Big Takeover, PRISM international, and Write magazine. 

Her first novel, In the Midst of Irrational Things, began its development in the Alistair MacLeod Mentorship Program. 

Bethany received a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies from Dalhousie University before continuing her playwriting education at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, ON.

She is currently writing her second novel, Silo, and works as professional juror for a number of writing awards.