Lawrence Dean SAM IF

Lawrence Dean wrote his first filk song in 1980. His songs have appeared in anthologies, convention songbooks, fanzines, and in his own songbook and CD, entitled Labyrinth of Shadows.

Lawrence helped create the Flying Filk Fund in 1988 to bring North American guests to British Filkcons. He was Guest of Honor at the UK Filkcon XIlophone in 1999, Featured Filk Guest at Confluence 2006 in Pittsburgh, and Interfilk Guest at Conflikt 2 in Seattle in 2009. He has won three Sam awards and been nominated for a Pegasus.

Lawrence has written over 135 songs, nearly half of which are Filk or Filk related. The rest are a mix of Folk, Country and Contemporary. His music has been performed and recorded by professional folksingers and fellow filkers across America, Canada, Australia and the UK.

His album, Labyrinth of Shadows, is available on Bandcamp.