Sarah Smith--books and beyond
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    • The Other Side of Dark >
      • A bit of The Other Side of Dark
      • Where stories come from: Pinebank
      • Book Club Questions
    • Chasing Shakespeares: Shakespearean authorship novel >
      • Why is there an authorship controversy?
      • What's real, what's not?
      • Shakespeare's Travels
      • Shakespeare's Library >
        • Books printed by the Vautrolliers
      • Dating Shakespeare's Plays
      • When Did Shakespeare Die?
      • The Theory of Ca(t)sual References
      • Shakespeare's Experience
      • Cast of Characters >
        • Queen Elizabeth's and Oxford's family trees
      • Chasing Shakespeares: The Play
    • Alexander Reisden and Perdita Halley series >
      • Crimes and Survivors >
        • A Conversation with Sarah Smith
        • Book Club Questions
        • A Titanic Playlist
        • Fragments of Titanic: museums, places, and things
      • A Citizen of the Country >
        • A bit of A Citizen of the Country
        • A Conversation with Sarah Smith
        • Book Club Questions
        • Summary: A Citizen of the Country
        • Where stories come from: witches, magic, and film
      • The Knowledge of Water >
        • A Conversation with Sarah Smith
        • Book Club Questions
        • Summary: The Knowledge of Water
        • A bit of The Knowledge of Water
        • Where stories come from: The Great Paris Flood
      • The Vanished Child >
        • A bit of The Vanished Child
        • Summary: The Vanished Child
  • Writer Goodies
    • How to Write Quickly (no, not that way)
    • Outlining a Big Fat Fantasy in Airtable
    • Creating an eBook with Scrivener
    • How to Plot when You Can't
    • Starter Pack for Science Fiction Writers
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About Sarah

Sarah Smith’s young adult ghost thriller, The Other Side of Dark, won both the Agatha (for best YA mystery of the year) and the Massachusetts Book Award for best YA book of the year. Her Chasing Shakespeares has been called “the best novel about the Bard since Nothing like the Sun” (Samuel R. Delany) and has been turned into a play.  Her Edwardian mysteries starring Alexander von Reisden and Perdita Halley have been published in 14 languages and  have reached bestseller status here and abroad. They have been named New York Times Notable Books twice, have received starred reviews

Sarah's Titanic mystery, Crimes and Survivors, starring series characters Alexander von Reisden and Perdita Halley, was published in April 2020, at the height of the pandemic. "I put it out independently because I was terrified I'd die of Covid before it was out. Survival was the theme of the year--how could we not only live, but live better, connect more with each other?"

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Sarah Smith by Augusten Burroughs
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