Sarah Ahiers

Sarah Ahiers has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University. Her thesis was a study of monsters and monstrous characters in middle grade and young adult fantasy fiction. She writes young adult and middle grade novels and occasionally dabbles in picture books. Fantasy is her favorite genre, though she sometimes can be found playing around with Horror and other things that go bump in the night.

Sarah is the author of the ASSASSIN’S HEART duology (HarperTeen, 2016, 2017) comprising of ASSASSIN’S HEART and the companion sequel THIEF’S CUNNING. Both books were finalists for the Minnesota Book Awards, and have received starred and glowing reviews from Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, School Library Journal, and Kirkus. The duology is a world of dark fantasy, assassins, literal gods, vengeance, and finding one’s place in the world.

Sarah lives in Minnesota with her dogs and a house full of critters. She has a collection of steampunk hats and when she’s not writing she fills her time with good games, good food, good friends, and good family.

She is represented by Michael Bourret at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC.