# Sarah Monette

Sarah Elizabeth Monette (born November 25, 1974) is an American novelist and short story writer, mostly in the genres of fantasy 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, Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.

## Early life

Monette was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on November 25, 1974. She began writing at the age of 12.
Monette studied Classics, English, and French at Case Western Reserve University 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. 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 in August 2005, earning starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Booklist and a place in Locus's 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, 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, "The Ile of Dogges", appeared in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois, in 2007.
In 2007, she donated her archives to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.
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:
| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2003 | "Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland" | Gaylactic Spectrum Awards | Short Story | Won |
| 2006 | Mélusine | Crawford Award | — | Shortlisted |
| 2006 | Mélusine | James Tiptree Jr. Award | — | Shortlisted |
| 2006 | Mélusine | John W. Campbell Award | — | Shortlisted |
| 2006 | Mélusine | Locus Award | First Novel | Nominated—7th |
| 2006 | Mélusine | SF Site Readers Poll | SF/Fantasy Book | Nominated—9th |
| 2007 | A Companion to Wolves | Lambda Literary Award | Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror | Shortlisted |
| 2007 | Mélusine | John W. Campbell Award | — | Shortlisted |
| 2007 | The Virtu | Gaylactic Spectrum Awards | Novel | Shortlisted |
| 2007 | The Virtu | Locus Award | Fantasy Novel | Nominated—17th |
| 2008 | The Bone Key | Shirley Jackson Award | Collection | Shortlisted |
| 2009 | "Boojum" | Locus Award | Short Story | Nominated—3rd |
| 2010 | "Mongoose" | Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated—11th |
| 2010 | "White Charles" | Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated—35th |
| 2011 | "After the Dragon" | Locus Award | Short Story | Nominated—14th |
| 2011 | "After the Dragon" | WSFA Small Press Award | — | Shortlisted |
| 2012 | Somewhere Beneath Those Waves | Locus Award | Collection | Nominated—15th |
| 2012 | The Tempering of Men | David Gemmell Award | Legend Award | Preliminary Nominee |
| 2013 | "Blue Lace Agate" | Locus Award | Short Story | Nominated—26th |
| 2013 | "The Wreck of the "Charles Dexter Ward"" | Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated—12th |
| 2014 | The Goblin Emperor | Goodreads Choice Awards | Fantasy | Nominated—16th |
| 2014 | The Goblin Emperor | Nebula Award | Novel | Shortlisted |
| 2015 | The Goblin Emperor | Hugo Award | Novel | Shortlisted |
| 2015 | The Goblin Emperor | Locus Award | Fantasy Novel | Won |
| 2015 | The Goblin Emperor | World Fantasy Award | Novel | Shortlisted |
| 2015 | The Goblin Emperor | RUSA CODES Reading List | Fantasy | Won |
| 2022 | The Witness for the Dead | Hugo Award | Novel | Nomination Below Cutoff |
| 2023 | The Goblin Emperor | Hugo Award | Series | Nomination Below Cutoff |
| 2023 | The Grief of Stones | Locus Award | Fantasy Novel | Nominated |