Sarah Zettel
Sarah Zettel
Sarah Zettelis an American science fiction, fantasy and mystery author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth1 December 1966
CountryUnited States of America
communication michigan formal
I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.
change mother life-changing
Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.
doors way next
Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It's us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen if a more technologically advanced society moved next door to us, the way we moved next door to the American Indians.
daughter crazy dust
Mama took me in her arms and held me tight. Her embrace was hot and she smelled like sweat, dust, and grease, but I wanted her. I wanted to crawl inside her mind to find that place that let her smile and sing through the worst dust storms. If I had to be crazy, I wanted my mama's kind of crazy, because she was never afraid.
writing moon race
I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus.
hard-work ideas stories
Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that's the hard work.
writing together telling-stories
As far as the writing goes, I started telling stories as soon as I could talk, and started writing them down as soon as I could string words together.
beautiful interesting bears
I did not feel I could create a more beautiful or interesting Mars than Kim Stanley Robinson or Greg Bear had, so I turned my attention elsewhere.
stories invasion alien-life
First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It's also about politics.
thinking fantasy range
Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it's beginning to stretch its range as well.
peers matter males
For an author to show that only traditional male power and place matter is to discount and belittle the hard and complex lives of our peers and our ancestresses.
life challenges fiction
Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However, as I began to research it more thoroughly, I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers.
phases feels right-now
I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now.
california born sacramento
I myself was born in Sacramento, California in 1966.