Sarah Elizabeth Monette (born November 25, 1974) is an American novelist and short story writer, mostly in the genres of
fantasy
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and
horror. Under the name Katherine Addison, she published the fantasy novel ''
The Goblin Emperor'', which received the
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and was nominated for the
Nebula
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,
Hugo and
World Fantasy Awards.
Early life
Monette was born in
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson County, Tennessee, Anderson and Roane County, Tennessee, Roane counties in the East Tennessee, eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about west of downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville. Oak Ridge's po ...
, on November 25, 1974.
She began writing at the age of 12.
Monette studied Classics, English, and French at
Case Western Reserve University
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and graduated summa cum laude in 1996. She received her master's degree in 1997 and her Ph.D. in 2004, both in English literature at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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.
She specialized in Renaissance Drama and writing her dissertation on ghosts in English Renaissance revenge tragedy.
Career
Monette won the
Spectrum Award in 2003 for her short story "Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland". Her first novel ''
Mélusine'' was published by
Ace Books
Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by A. A. Wyn, Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mystery fiction, mysteries and western (genre), westerns, and soon branched out int ...
in August 2005, earning starred reviews in ''
Publishers Weekly
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'' and ''Booklist'' and a place in ''Locuss Recommended Reading list for 2005. The sequel, ''
The Virtu'', followed in July 2006, also earning starred reviews and making ''Locus''
's Recommended Reading lists for 2006.
Her short stories have been published in ''
Strange Horizons
''Strange Horizons'' is an online magazine, online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and non-fiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables.
History and profile
It was launched in S ...
'', ''Alchemy'', ''
Postscripts'', and ''
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet'', among other venues, and have received four Honorable Mentions from ''
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'', edited by
Ellen Datlow,
Gavin Grant, and
Kelly Link. Her poem "Night Train: Heading West" appeared in ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror XIX'', and a story she co-wrote with
Elizabeth Bear
Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 Astounding Award for Best New Writer, John W. Campbell Awar ...
, "The Ile of Dogges", appeared in ''
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection'', edited by
Gardner Dozois
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, in 2007.
In 2007, she donated her archives to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. It was founded as "Northern Illinois State Normal School" in 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld, initially to provide the state with c ...
.
Her 2014 novel ''
The Goblin Emperor'' was published under the pseudonym Katherine Addison. The novel received the
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and was nominated for the Nebula, Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.
Awards
Sources:
Bibliography
Novels
'' Doctrine of Labyrinths'' series
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Iskryne series
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The Chronicles of Osreth
Published as Katherine Addison
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=Cemeteries of Amalo trilogy
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Published as Katherine Addison, set in the same world as ''The Goblin Emperor''
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Stand-alone novels
Published as Katherine Addison
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Collections
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The Bone Key'' (
Prime Books, 2007)
*''
Somewhere Beneath Those Waves'' (
Prime Books, 2011)
Short fiction
Kyle Murchison Booth
*"The Wall of Clouds" (''
Alchemy Magazine'' 1, December 2003)
*"The Inheritance of Barnabas Wilcox" (''
Lovecraft's Weird Mysteries'' 7, May 2004)
*"The Venebretti Necklace" (''
Alchemy Magazine'' 2, September 2004)
*"Bringing Helena Back" (''
All Hallows: The Journal of the Ghost Story Society'' 35, February 2004)
*"The Green Glass Paperweight" (''
Tales of the Unanticipated'' 25, August 2004)
*"Wait for Me" (''
Naked Snake Online'', September 2004)
*"Elegy for a Demon Lover" (''
Tales of the Unanticipated'' 26, October 2005)
*"Drowning Palmer" (''
All Hallows: The Journal of the Ghost Story Society'' 41, February 2006)
*"The Bone Key" (''
SAY... What's the Combination?'', May 2007)
*"Listening to Bone" (''
The Bone Key'',
Prime Books, 2007)
*"The World Without Sleep" (''Postscripts'', Spring 2008)
"The Yellow Dressing Gown"(''
Weird Tales
''Weird Tales'' is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger in late 1922. The first issue, dated March 1923, appeared on newsstands February 18. The first editor, Edwin Baird, printe ...
'', March 2008)
"The Replacement"(''The Willows'', September 2008)
White Charles (''
Clarkesworld Magazine'', September 2009)
*"Unnatural Creatures" (''Unnatural Creatures'', self-published, 2011)
"To Die for Moonlight"(''
Apex Magazine
''Apex Magazine'', also previously known as ''Apex Digest'', is an American Horror fiction magazine, horror and science fiction magazine. This subscription webzine, ''Apex Magazine'', contains short fiction, reviews, and interviews. It has been ...
'', July 2013)
"The Testimony of Dragon's Teeth"(''
Uncanny Magazine
''Uncanny Magazine'' is an American science fiction magazine, science fiction and Fantasy fiction magazine, fantasy online magazine founded by publishing editors Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas.
History
First issued in 2014, the pu ...
'', March 2018)
"The Haunting of Dr. Claudius Winterson"(''
Uncanny Magazine
''Uncanny Magazine'' is an American science fiction magazine, science fiction and Fantasy fiction magazine, fantasy online magazine founded by publishing editors Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas.
History
First issued in 2014, the pu ...
'', January 2022)
*"A Theory of Haunting" (SOLARIS, 2023)
Boojum
*"Boojum" (with
Elizabeth Bear
Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 Astounding Award for Best New Writer, John W. Campbell Awar ...
) (''
Fast Ships, Black Sails'', eds.
Jeff
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Music
* DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes
...
and
Ann VanderMeer
Ann VanderMeer (née Kennedy) is an American publisher and editor, and the second female editor of the horror magazine ''Weird Tales''. She is the founder of Buzzcity Press.
Work from her press and related periodicals has won the British Fantasy ...
,
Night Shade Books, 2008)
*"Mongoose" (with
Elizabeth Bear
Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 Astounding Award for Best New Writer, John W. Campbell Awar ...
) (2009)
*"The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward" (with
Elizabeth Bear
Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 Astounding Award for Best New Writer, John W. Campbell Awar ...
) (2012)
Shadow Unit Episodes
* 1.03 "Dexterity"
* 1.05 "Ballistic" (with Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear, and Amanda Downum)
* 3.00 "On Faith"
* 4.03 "Hope Is Stronger Than Love"
Other short fiction
*"Three Letters from the Queen of Elflands" (''
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet'' #11, November 2002)
Queen of Swords" (''
Alienskin Magazine'' #2.4, November 2003)
*"Sidhe Tigers" (''
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet'' #13, November 2003)
Straw" (''
Strange Horizons
''Strange Horizons'' is an online magazine, online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and non-fiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables.
History and profile
It was launched in S ...
'' #28, June 2004)
*"The Half-Sister" (''
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet'' #15, January 2005)
*"The Séance at Chisholm End" (''
Alchemy Magazine'' #3, January 2006)
*"A Gift of Wings" ''
The Queen in Winter''
Ace Books
Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by A. A. Wyn, Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mystery fiction, mysteries and western (genre), westerns, and soon branched out int ...
, 2006
*"The Ile of Dogges" (with Elizabeth Bear) (''
Aeon
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'' #7, May 2006)
A Night in Electric Squidland (
Lone Star Stories #15, June 2006)
*"Katabasis: Seraphic Trains" (''
Tales of the Unanticipated'' #27, July 2006)
*"National Geographic on Assignment: Mermaids of the Old West" (''Fictitious Force'' #2, July 2006)
*"
Draco campestris' " (''
Strange Horizons
''Strange Horizons'' is an online magazine, online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and non-fiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables.
History and profile
It was launched in S ...
'', August 7, 2006)
Letter from a Teddy Bear on Veterans' Day (''
Ideomancer'' 5.3, September 2006)
A Light in Troy (''
Clarkesworld Magazine'' #1, October 2006)
*"Amante Dorée" (''
Paradox Magazine'' #10, Winter 2006/07)
*"The Watcher in the Corners" (author's blog, ''Notes from the Labyrinth'', April 23, 2007)
*"Somewhere Beneath Those Waves Was Her Home" (''
Fantasy Magazine'', July 2007)
Under the Beansidhe's Pillow (''
Lone Star Stories'' #22, August 1, 2007)
*"Festival Lives, View 3: All God's Chillun Got Wings" (2008)
*"Darkness, as a Bride" (''Cemetery Dance'' #58, February 2008)
*"Fiddleback Ferns" (''Flytrap'' #9, June 2008)
*"Night Train: Heading West" (poem) (''The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection'', August 2008)
*"Last Drink Bird Head" (2009)
*"After the Dragon" (''
Fantasy Magazine'', January 2010)
*"Ashes, Ashes" (''
All Hallows: The Journal of the Ghost Story Society'', 2011)
*"No Man's Land" (''
Fictitious Force
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'', 2011)
*"The Devil in Gaylord's Creek" (2011)
*"Why Do You Linger?" (2011)
*"Absent from Felicity" (''
Somewhere Beneath Those Waves'', 2011)
*"Impostors" (''
Somewhere Beneath Those Waves'', 2011)
*"Blue Lace Agate" (2012)
*"Coyote Gets His Own Back" (2012)
*"The Half-Life of Angels" (2015)
*"Learning to See Dragons" (2017)
*"National Geographic on Assignment: The Unicorn Enclosure" (2017)
*"The Oracle of Abbey Road (Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night)" (2018)
References
External links
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The Sarah Monette Papers at Northern Illinois Universityat Fantasy Literature
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Living people
21st-century American novelists
American fantasy writers
American horror writers
American women short story writers
American women novelists
People from Oak Ridge, Tennessee
American women science fiction and fantasy writers
American women horror writers
21st-century American women writers
21st-century American short story writers
American weird fiction writers
Case Western Reserve University alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Writers of Sherlock Holmes pastiches
1974 births