“These wives are deadly! I’m telling you all husbands better read this book, or they’ll end up underwater. Sometimes I think—I’m in the Lake!!”
—George Lopez, comedian
[New York, NY] Emmy award-winning executive producer of NBC’s longest running drama series Days of our Lives, Ken Corday, releases his much anticipated novel, Ladies of the Lake! With over 30 years of experience in television, Corday brings his renowned talent for compelling drama that has kept the fan-favorite serial thriving for going on 50 years from the stage to the page in his latest release.
Corday brings to life the dazzling, yet sinful, gated community of Avalon, where nothing is quite what it seems and wealthy families keep their dysfunction under wraps…until they can’t. The story begins with a member of the community named Hudson being accidentally decapitated by a descending garage door during a fight with his wife. The other wives of Avalon look on with jealousy as Hudson’s widow finds herself rich, single and rid of her late husband. As more and more husbands of the community die suspicious deaths, all of which are connected with the group of close knit Avalon wives known as the “Ladies of the Lake”, their children and the police begin to suspect that Avalon may not be as utopian as it seems.
From mystery and murder to glamour and passion, Corday paints a riveting world that keeps us captivated to the very last page. Ladies of the Lake is the perfect summer read!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ken Corday was only a teenager when his parents, Ted and Betty Corday, first created NBC’s daytime drama Days of our Lives in 1965. A year after the show’s inception, Ted passed away, and it was up to Betty to carry on the show. Ken became his mother’s support system as she taught him everything he would need to know to continue the family legacy.
Ken received his bachelor of arts in music from the University of California, Santa Cruz, before receiving a master’s degree in music from San Jose State University. Prior to taking over Days of our Lives as executive producer in 1985, Ken worked on the show for almost ten years, first as a composer, then as assistant producer, and finally as producer.
He has received two Emmy Awards for Music. He has also received eight nominations for an Emmy Award for Best Daytime Drama. Days of our Lives won the Emmy Award for Best Daytime Drama in 1978, 2013, and 2015, and Ted and Betty Corday received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award in 1995.
In addition, Days of our Lives has won four People’s Choice Awards, two TV Guide Awards, and ten Soap Opera Digest Awards: four for Favorite Show and six for Outstanding Daytime Serial.
Ken Corday lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.