Sarah Ahiers

Sarah Ahiers is the author of Assassin's Heart and Thief's Cunning (HarperTeen, 2016, 2017). Both books were finalists for the Minnesota Book Award, and have received starred and glowing reviews from Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, School Library Journal, and Kirkus.

She has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University. Her thesis was a study of monsters and monstrous characters in middle grade and young adult fantasy fiction. She teaches creative writing for Concordia University’s MFA program.

Sarah lives in Minnesota with her dogs and a house full of critters. She has a collection of steampunk hats, loves to embroider, and when she’s not writing she fills her time with good games, good food, good friends, and good family.