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Sarah Beth Durst

Sarah Beth Durst
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Sarah Beth Durst

Sarah Beth Durst is the author of young adult novels Conjured, Vessel, Drink Slay Love, Enchanted Ivy, and Ice, as well as middle grade novels Into the Wild and Out of the Wild. She has been a finalist for SFWA's Andre Norton Award three times, for... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Be prepared. Be happy. Watch out for skunks.
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My life in 8 words: "Full of family, chocolate, writing, books, and love."
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September 26, 2011
Last week I celebrated the book birthday for my latest YA novel, DRINK, SLAY, LOVE, so I thought I'd take a moment to tell the...
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November 4, 2009
In ICE, Cassie journeys over the sea ice, across the tundra, and through the boreal forest. And today she has crossed the...
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October 7, 2009
Book birthdays are a bit like real birthdays.  You can't help but look back at how you got here. My mom is the one who hooked...
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Vessel will be released on August 27, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Jun 18, 2013
News:
Vessel has won an award
Jan 10, 2013
Sep 27, 2012
Vessel will be released on September 11, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 11, 2012
Vessel is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 11, 2012
Drink, Slay, Love will be released on September 11, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Sep 11, 2012
Drink, Slay, Love is now available in Trade Paperback
Sep 11, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Drink, Slay, Love
Nov 04, 2011
Author Voices:
Talking to Myself
Sep 27, 2011
Enchanted Ivy will be released on September 13, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Sep 13, 2011
Enchanted Ivy is now available in Trade Paperback
Sep 13, 2011
Drink, Slay, Love will be released on September 13, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 13, 2011
Drink, Slay, Love is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 13, 2011
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Drink, Slay, Love
Sep 06, 2011
Enchanted Ivy will be released on October 12, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 12, 2010

Sarah Beth Durst Revealed

Sarah Beth Durst Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Be prepared. Be happy. Watch out for skunks. Q. What’s your greatest fear? A. Death. Pain. Skunks. And Frisbees. Specifically, Frisbees flying through the air at high speed near my face. I am proud to say that I can face a stationary Frisbee without any feeling of horror. Q. What do you regret most? A. I regret those thousand little moments where I didn't say the right thing or was too shy to say anything at all. I also regret a certain jar of expired mayonnaise. Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. I say, "I love you, " to my family a thousand times a day, but I don't think it's possible to overuse those words (at least not if you mean them). Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. I'd like to sound all sophisticated and pick a romantic or exotic locale like the Amalfi Coast or Venice or Thailand. But really, I'd like to be in Disney World. It's just so clean. And they have these really good strawberry popsicles and chocolate-covered bananas. Learn more about Sarah Beth Durst

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Io9, May 19, 2013
...Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz) Above, Leah Bobet (Levine) The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom) Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry) Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House Children’s Books; Doubleday UK) ...
Io9, February 26, 2013
...Sarah Beth Durst, author of the young adult vampire action comedy Drink, Slay, Love, has a new novel out called Vessel — it's a standalone fantasy that takes place in...
Examiner.com, October 22, 2012
..."Vessel" by Sarah Beth Durst is a departure for Durst from her previous humor-filled fantasy stories. In this story, Liyana, a young girl raised to literally be a vessel for a goddess, is...
PublishersWeekly.com, September 13, 2012
...by Susan Ouriou. Owlkids (PGW, dist.), $16.95 (9781926973395) Various Positions. Martha Schabas. FSG/Foster, $16.99 (9780374380861) Vessel. Sarah Beth Durst. S&S/McElderry, $16.99 (9781442423763) Virginia Wolf. Kyo Maclear, illus. by Isabelle...
USA Today, September 11, 2012
...world of the draki. (Check out HEA's video interview with Sophie.) Young adult urban fantasy romance Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (Margaret K. McElderry, a Simon & Schuster imprint) What it's about: Durst rocks the YA genre with gods, goddesses and...
Pipestone County Star, May 30, 2013
...to decide what sort of decision Cinderella should make – the tale is different every time! •Ice, by Sarah Beth Durst. White Bear King Valemon is retold in this beautiful story. Cassie lives in an Arctic research station with her father. Her...
Media Bistro, May 20, 2013
...2312� by� � won the Nebula Award for best novel this year.� � Aliette de Bodard� took the best short story award for ?Immersion??. Below, we?ve collected free samples of all the nominees and winners?the best science fiction books of 2012.�...
Technology Daily News, May 19, 2013
...Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz) Above, Leah Bobet (Levine) The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom) Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry) Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House Children’s Books; Doubleday UK) ...
Io9, May 19, 2013
...Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz) Above, Leah Bobet (Levine) The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom) Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry) Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House Children’s Books; Doubleday UK) ...
PublishersWeekly.com, September 13, 2012
...by Susan Ouriou. Owlkids (PGW, dist.), $16.95 (9781926973395) Various Positions. Martha Schabas. FSG/Foster, $16.99 (9780374380861) Vessel. Sarah Beth Durst. S&S/McElderry, $16.99 (9781442423763) Virginia Wolf. Kyo Maclear, illus. by Isabelle...
USA Today, September 11, 2012
...world of the draki. (Check out HEA's video interview with Sophie.) Young adult urban fantasy romance Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (Margaret K. McElderry, a Simon & Schuster imprint) What it's about: Durst rocks the YA genre with gods, goddesses and...
Brightsurf Science News, June 18, 2012
...scarce, men are tougher than the terrain trying to kill them, and no one walks away unscathed. by Sarah Beth Durst (Author) When Cassie was little she thought her mother had been taken prisoner by trolls because of a deal she’d made with the Polar Bear...