Sarah Beth Durst

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-20

Sarah Beth Durst was born on May 23, 1974, in Northborough, Massachusetts, and attended Lincoln Street Elementary School and Bancroft School, graduating in 1992. She went on to graduate from Princeton University in 1996, majoring in English literature with a concentration in theater and dance. An American novelist writing across adult, young adult, and middle-grade fiction, Durst made her debut with Into the Wild (2007), followed by Ice (2009), Vessel (2012), and The Queen of Blood (2016), the first in the Queens of Renthia series. More recently she has written The Spellshop (2024) and The Enchanted Greenhouse (2025), both cozy fantasy novels that became commercial successes: The Spellshop spent six weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, while The Enchanted Greenhouse debuted at number two. Durst's honors include the ALA Alex Award in 2017 for The Queen of Blood and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature in 2013 for Vessel, along with multiple finalist recognitions for the Andre Norton Award. She resides in Stony Brook, New York, with her husband, two children, and a cat named Gwen, and continues to write prolifically across her genre specialties of fantasy and speculative fiction for readers of all ages.

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Books

• The Spellshop (2024) · The Spellshop Core Canon
• The Enchanted Greenhouse (2025) · The Spellshop Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 2 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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