Sarah Stone
Sarah Stone is the author or coauthor of four books, including the novel Hungry Ghost Theater and (with Ron Nyren) Deepening Fiction: A Practical Guide for Intermediate and Advanced Writers. Her new book, Marriage to the Sea, is forthcoming in spring 2026.

‘Hello, Water’: On Rachel Khong’s Meditative Novel ‘Goodbye, Vitamin’
Holding on and letting go in the California Book Club’s December selection, a literary debut about family, memory, and forgetting.
Nov 28, 2024

Consciousness, Splintered
Venita Blackburn’s Dead in Long Beach, California, the July California Book Club selection, uses startling techniques to tell the story of a woman whose brother has taken his own life.
Jun 27, 2024

‘Only Because It’s Forbidden’
Seduction and loss in Jessica Hagedorn’s The Gangster of Love.
Mar 28, 2024