New Book Deal!!!

NEW BOOK DEAL!!! I'm super excited to announce that I sold three new cozy fantasy books to my editors at Bramble/Tor in the US and the UK! The first one, set in a brand new fantasy world, is about a 28-year-old retired war sorceress and her rescued magical cats! So. Many. Magical. Cats. Think Galadriel goes cottagecore! It's called THE NINTH LIFE OF AN ERSTWHILE WITCH and is coming out in July 2027!!! And did I mention it's going to have gorgeous stenciled edges!!! The other two books are the fifth and sixth books in the Spellshop series, both of which are planned for publication in 2028! I'm so thrilled that I get to play in a new world while also diving deeper into the world of THE SPELLSHOP! It's literally the best of both worlds! NINTH LIFE is currently available for preorder from some retailers (including Bookshop.org and BN.com) and will become available for preorder from others over the next month or so!

http://sarahbethdurst.com/NinthLife.htm

The Adirondack Family Book Festival 2026

I'm headed to Lake Placid, NY on Saturday (8/15) for The Adirondack Family Book Festival! Join us at the Olympic Oval from 9:30am to 4:00pm!

https://adirondackfamilybookfestival.com/

Happy UK Book Birthday to SEA OF CHARMS!

Today is the UK Book Birthday of SEA OF CHARMS!!! Yayyy!!! I am so excited for readers in the UK to dive back into the world of THE SPELLSHOP and join Marin, Dax, Perri, and Ree as they sail the Crescent Islands!

https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/sarah-beth-durst/sea-of-charms/9781035079520

SEA OF CHARMS is an instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller!!!

OMG!!! My editors just called to tell me that SEA OF CHARMS hit the New York Times Hardcover Fiction (No. 5), New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction (No. 8), USA Today (No. 6), and Indie Hardcover Fiction (No. 7) bestseller lists!!!!! I'm sobbing!!! THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH!!! And so many thanks to my wonderful agent Andrea Somberg, my incredible editors Ali Fisher and Dianna Vega, and the entire magnificent publishing team at Bramble/Tor/Macmillan! I can't believe this is my life, and I am so grateful to all my readers for making it a reality! I promise to keep writing as many books as my fingers can type for as long as you all want to read them! And to be honest, I'll almost certainly keep writing them long after that! I love you all so much!!!

August 2026 Events

I'm home from my SEA OF CHARMS book tour and excited for all the awesome book events I've got lined up this month! Hope to see you there! http://sarahbethdurst.com/appearances.htm