Award-Winning Author
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Winner of 38 Book Awards
"Expertly and beautifully written, the riveting story had me on the edge of my seat until I reached the astounding conclusion."
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"Lewis’s writing was tight and the book had a good flow and vibrant characters.”
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"Lewis is blessed with a terrific storytelling ability. His adjectives and strong, active verbs bring the story to life. I usually notice small things that don't make logical sense when I read. Lewis made that search absolutely impossible."
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You’re new to Arjay and want to know if you’ll like his books or not? Fair Enough. You can get the FIRST novel in the Leonard Wise paranormal mystery series for FREE!
Years after a tragic car accident claimed his fiancée, Dr. Leonard "Len" Wise is just coming to terms with his demons. Now sober, the countless drunken nights helped him cope with the pain while he studied his newly-acquired psychic abilities. When a friend enlists him to deliver a lecture on parapsychology, he never expected it to end with a strange invitation: a police consult on a case of spontaneous human combustion.
With no-nonsense Detective Bill McGee by his side, Len deduces the victim may have been murdered by someone with similar abilities to his own. But when an enchanting suspect catches fire before his eyes, the PhD becomes the prime suspect. To clear his name and protect the people he loves, Len must take his powers to the next level before he too is engulfed in flames.
Fire in the Mind is the first book in the Doctor Wise series of paranormal mysteries. If you like complicated heroes, incredible abilities, and supernatural twists, then you'll love Arjay Lewis' award-finalist psychic detective novel.
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Arjay’s Awards
The Muse
2017 Authors Talk About It Book Awards - 3rd Place Horror
2017 Beverly Hills Book Award - Winner Horror
2017 B.R.A.G. Medallion - Winner Horror
2017 Foreword Indie Book Awards - Silver Horror
2017 IAN Book of the Year Awards - Outstanding Horror
2017 NYC Big Book Award - Winner Horror
2018 Independent Press Award - Distinguished Favorite Horror
2018 eLit Awards - Gold Horror
2018 Global Ebook Awards - Bronze Horror
2018 Maxy Book Award - Silver Horror
2018 National Indie Excellence Awards - Winner Horror
2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Finalist Horror
2018 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards - Gold Horror
2018 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards - Notable Horror
Fire In The Mind
2018 North Street Book Prize - Mystery Finalist
2018 Top Shelf Indie Book Awards - Mystery Finalist
The Wizards Of Central Park West
2019 Eric Hoffer Award - Honorable Mention Fantasy
2019 Independent Press Award - Winner Fantasy
2019 Independent Author Network - Finalist Fantasy
2019 National Indie Excellence Awards - Winner Fantasy
2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Finalist Fantasy
2019 Readers’ Favorite Book Award - Silver Fantasy
Kept In The Dark
2019 Top Shelf Book Awards - Winner Horror
2019 Maxy Book Awards - Silver Horror
A Study In Murder
2019 American Fiction Awards - Finalist Romantic Suspense
2019 NYC Big Book Awards - Winner Romantic Suspense
The Vanishing
2020 Book Excellence Awards - Winner Horror Category
2021 Maxy Book Awards - Winner Horror Category
2021 Indie Reader Discovery Award - Winner Horror Category
2021 Independent Press Awards - Silver Horror Category
2021 New York City Book Awards - Silver Horror Category
2021 Global Book Awards - Silver Horror Category
2021 Readers Favorite Book Award- Bronze Horror Category
2021 Page Turner Awards- Semi-Finalist Horror
2021 Kindle Book Awards Awards- Semi-Finalist Horror
2021 National Indie Excellence Awards - Finalist Horror
2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards- Finalist Horror
2021 New York Book Festival- Honorable Mention Sci-Fi
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Crave Books Podcast
Arjay talks about his process of writing, how he approaches writers block, and how being a magician helps with his writing. Great stories and great fun!
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You Succeeded How Podcast
Magician and Book author Arjay Lewis talks about his career as a magician and his new career as an author. He writes in multiple genres.
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A Life In The Arts
Actor, Magician, Author - Arjay Lewis is a man of many talents. We were fortunate to have some time with Arjay earlier this week and recorded our interview, with Masterwork's own Joseph White.
Arjay Lewis: actor, magician, and multi-award-winning author. I have spent my life as an entertainer, amusing people as a street-performer in the 1970s; a Broadway and casino artist in the 1980’s; a party performer in the 1990s and 2000s; a cruise ship performer in the 2010s.
Stories have always been in my mind, and I have been writing since the 1990s. My reason to write is simple: to entertain. I write the type of books that I like to read: murder mysteries, strange tales of unnatural gifts, odd happenings and horror.
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And thank you for reading. You are the reason I write.
She needs to forget the past. Her ex wants her back. The creatures in the woods crave every living soul…
Former NYPD detective Liliana Slavik is still recovering from a nervous breakdown after a shooting that killed her fiancé and ended her career. Seeking refuge in her peaceful hometown, she soon discovers hundreds of people have disappeared in the Pine Barrens nearby. She becomes determined to fight through her panic attacks, team up with the man who betrayed her, and solve the sinister secret.
Liliana uncovers information about the famed Jersey Devil as well as Native American lore which tells of monsters which haunt the vast New Jersey forests. But, the anxious investigator knows there’s only one way to reveal the truth. She must enter the woods herself…
Can Liliana face and defeat the terror before she becomes the next missing person?
The Vanishing is a riveting standalone horror novel. If you like courageous female protagonists, historic legends, and journeys that few can survive, then you’ll love Arjay Lewis’s edge-of-your-seat tale.
Buy The Vanishing for a spine-tingling woodland fright today!
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A collection of short stories that have been published in Weird Tales, The Ultimate Halloween, and Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine. If you tried to get them from their original sources these tales would cost over $20.00. But you get them for FREE!
Enjoy this collection of stories from the Scaremeister himself:
VOWS: A story of devotion that extends beyond death itself
SIREN: A science-fiction fantasy of a condemned prisoner lost in space.
THE DARK: A guard who sees creatures in the night…are they really there?
DREAMCATCHER: A walk in the woods…but you are not alone.
THE TRAVELER: What do you do if your flight is delayed…forever?
INTO THE ABYSS: A makeup artist gets the dream job…at a price.
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Down In Flames:
The True Story of Tony “Volcano” Valenci
Screenplay by Arjay Lewis & William J. Stribling
Tony 'Volcano' Valenci has spent his life attempting to set a world record. All of his friends and colleagues have world records. Even his ex-wife has a world record.
Now it's Tony's turn.
Tony plans to shock the world by attempting the impossible: blowing fire while skydiving. And Tony won't let anything stand in his way, not even himself.
Through testimonials from Tony’s friends and colleagues—such as the world’s fastest knife- thrower—his ex-wife, and his skydiving coaches, we piece together Tony’s journey to get his name in the record books.
But will Tony go down in history, or will he go down in flames?
Winner of 10 Awards!
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