The Official Home Page for Sarah Zettel, author, dancer, tea drinker, member of the Untitled Writer's Group and cat owner.About the TitleAbout the Author About the Books What's in the Works About the Dancing About the Tea About the Cat About the Writer's Group Bibliography Appearances I'm mainly known as a "hard" science fiction author. I used to wonder how that happened. I used to say "I love science fiction, but I hate science. I know nothing about science." Then, the truth came to me. What I actually hate is physics, which bores me to tears. On the other hand, I love biology, sociology, psychology, socio-biology, anthropology, archeology and planetology, and will cheerfully delve into any and all of them for hours, if not days, at a time. And, as I've found, I will equally cheerfully write about them. TOP OF PAGE This one's a stretch for me because for the first time I'm having the main character grow up during the course of the book. Of necessity, this also means the story's got to span years, instead of a few weeks as my books usually do. After that, I'm making a complete departure. I'm writing a fantasy, the first of two that will be brought out by Tor Books. The working title is ISAVALTA. It begins with a lady lighthouse keeper named Bridget, who rescues a stranger from the grips of Lake Superior. The stranger is a sorcerer from another world, and he's come looking for Bridget as the answer to a prophecy. Bridget agrees to travel with him and is pulled into a world of magic, intrigue and danger. I'm drawing heavily on Russian, Chinese and Indian folklore for this project and I'm enjoying myself thoroughly. TOP OF PAGE More recently, I've gotten into Middle Eastern dance, and have both performed and taught at assorted conventions. Now, Middle Eastern dance is incredibly fun, and, trust me, easier than it looks. It has the added benefit of making one feel absolutely gorgeous. If you're interested in maybe getting into this yourself, here's a good site for information and classes in your area.www.bdance.com/medguide/ Of course, I've also gotten in on the Swing revival which is just plain fun. Although, I've got to say, the new bands haven't got one thing on the old greats in terms of musicianship. TOP OF PAGE For black tea, I like Ceylons and Oolongs and, of course the Earl Grey, famed in song, story and TV series. I practically went into mourning when the one really good tea shop where I live closed down. Fortunately, I've recently found the web site for Tealuxe, a shop I was introduced to in Boston. They have a lot of lovely types of tea there, and they do mail order. Check it out.www.tealuxe.com/ Heeeeeeeeers...Buffy!This is the master list. Everything I've had published to date. Watch this space! It does tricks. Contact
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