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Sarah Addison Allen


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aka Katie Gallagher

Sarah Addison Allen grew up in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina, where her mother still makes cornbread that is out of this world and her father plays old-timey banjo, claw-hammer style. Neither of these talents were passed on to Sarah, but she did become very good at eating and listening. The former made her fond of elastic waistbands, the latter turned her into a writer.

Sarah has her B.A. in Literature and her first book, the romantic comedy Tried and True, written under the pen name Katie Gallagher, was published by Harlequin Duets. It was nominated by The Romantic Times for both Best First Book and Best Duets of 2003. Sarah's mainstream debut, Garden Spells, a quirky book of Southern-fried magical realism, was published by Bantam Dell in the Fall of 2007.

 

Genres: General Fiction, Fantasy, Romance
 
Series
Waverly Sisters
   1. Garden Spells (2007)
   2. First Frost (2015)
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Lost Lake
   0.5. Waking Kate (2013)
   1. Lost Lake (2014)
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Novels
   The Sugar Queen (2008)
   The Girl Who Chased the Moon (2010)
   The Peach Keeper (2011)
   Other Birds (2022)
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The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern (2024)
Lynda Cohen Loigman
"The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern is full of keen historical details and just a whisper of magic. What a smart, quirky, utterly satisfying read. I found myself transported into Aunt Esther's mysterious night kitchen, and was charmed from beginning to end. Lynda Cohen Loigman has written another big-hearted winner."
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The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years (2024)
Shubnum Khan
"Haunting and healing, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years, with its shades of The House of Spirits and Rebecca, is one of the best books I've read this year... Khan's gorgeous writing lays bare what it means to love, grieve, haunt and, ultimately, let go."
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The Wildest Sun (2023)
Asha Lemmie
"A portrait of a young woman finding herself amidst personal and historical turmoil, The Wildest Sun is bristling with courage, yet tender with vulnerability. Asha Lemmie, like her protagonist Delphine, is proving to the world that she is a literary force as she comes into her own with her astonishingly creative and accomplished sophomore epic."

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