Her short stories have been published in Strange Horizons, Alchemy, 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. The sequel, The Virtu, followed in July 2006, also earning starred reviews and making Locus's Recommended Reading lists for 2006. 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. Monette won the Spectrum award in 2003 for her short story 'Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland'.

She specialized in Renaissance Drama and writing her dissertation on ghosts in English Renaissance revenge tragedy. in 2004, both in English literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She received her master's degree in 1997 and her Ph.D. Monette studied Classics, English, and French at Case Western Reserve University and graduated summa cum laude in 1996.

Monette was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on November 25, 1974. 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. Sarah Elizabeth Monette (born November 25, 1974) is an American novelist and short story author, writing mostly in the genres of fantasy and horror. Monette at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo in 2014Ģ003 Gaylactic Spectrum Award, 2015 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

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