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Sara Stamey

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in Bellingham, Washington, The United States

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Suspense, Chick Lit, Science Fiction

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Award-winning author Sara Stamey has indulged her lifelong wanderlust with extended travels in out-of-the-way corners of the globe (inspiring some of her novels); with treasure hunting and teaching scuba in the Caribbean and Honduras; and owning a farm in Southern Chile. Now resettled in her native Northwest Washington, she taught creative writing at Western Washington University. She stays grounded with her native-plant restoration project in her sprawling Squalicum Creek backyard, shared with wild critters along with her cat, dog, and paleontologist husband Thor Hansen.

Stamey’s "Cybers Wild Card" science fiction novels with Berkley/Ace/Putnam netted a Locus Best First Novels listing along with positive reviews from Publishers Weekly, SF Award-winning author Sara Stamey has indulged her lifelong wanderlust with extended travels in out-of-the-way corners of the globe (inspiring some of her novels); with treasure hunting and teaching scuba in the Caribbean and Honduras; and owning a farm in Southern Chile. Now resettled in her native Northwest Washington, she taught creative writing at Western Washington University. She stays grounded with her native-plant restoration project in her sprawling Squalicum Creek backyard, shared with wild critters along with her cat, dog, and paleontologist husband Thor Hansen.

Stamey’s "Cybers Wild Card" science fiction novels with Berkley/Ace/Putnam netted a Locus Best First Novels listing along with positive reviews from Publishers Weekly, SF Chronicle, and others. She is listed in databases as an early Cyberpunk author along with Gibson and Stephenson, which tickles her.
More recently, her suspense novel "Islands" won the Chanticleer Paranormal Suspense Award and the Hollywood Book Festival Genre Award, and is described by reviewers as “a page turner from intriguing beginning to end" and "a superior suspense novel… a fast read, a stomping vivid ride.” (New eBook edition is out from Book View Cafe publishing.)
Her near-future pandemic thriller "The Ariadne Connection" (released by Book View Cafe in 2015) draws on her travels through the Greek islands and research into geomagnetic reversals. The novel has received the CYGNUS Speculative Fiction Award and the Chanticleer Global Thriller Grand Prize. “A rocket-paced thrill ride that delivers complex, engaging characters in a laser-sharp plot. [It] takes the reader on a visual feast through the azure waters and rugged Mediterranean landscape of the Greek islands while tapping into the deep roots of mythological tradition.” –Chanticleer Reviews. "An ambitious effort that draws connections between humanity's moral compass and the well-being of the planet we live on." (The Bookmonger review)
Her new Women's Fiction novel "Pause" won First Place in the Somerset Awards for Contemporary Literature. "A must-read novel about friendship, love, and killer hot flashes." (Mindy Klasky) "Stamey's lovely, inspiring, often funny novel... will touch the hearts of readrs." (Publishers Weekly Booklife). The novel is a 2022 selection of the International Pulpwood Queens Book Club.
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	Nevertheless, She Persisted by Mindy Klasky (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Marie Brennan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Leah R. Cutter (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.96 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Happened at the Ball by Sherwood Smith (Goodreads Author) (editor), Marie Brennan (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Marissa Doyle (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 3.55 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Usual Path to Publication: 27 stories about 27 ways in by Shannon Page (Goodreads Author) (editor), Cherie Priest (Goodreads Author), Ken Scholes (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Islands 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pause 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ariadne Connection 3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Card Run (Wild Card Run, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Win, Lose, Draw 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Double Blind it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Win, Lose, Draw (Cybers Wild Card Book 2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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