Sarah A. Hoyt

Sarah A. Hoyt was born in Portugal and now resides in Colorado with her husband, two sons, and a fluctuating number of cats. Before becoming a successful author, Hoyt had a diverse range of jobs, including tying bows on bags of potpourri, washing dishes, ironing clothes, and working as a multilingual scientific translator. Eventually, she decided to leave behind the world of honest work and pursue a career in writing.

Hoyt has over 30 published novels to her name, spanning various genres such as science fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical mystery, historical fantasy, and historical biography. She has also published short stories in well-known magazines such as Analog, Asimov's, Amazing Stories, and Weird Tales, as well as numerous anthologies from DAW and Baen. Her space-opera novel "Darkship Thieves" won the 2011 Prometheus Award, and the third novel in the series, "A Few Good Men," was a finalist for the same honor. Additionally, Hoyt has won the Dragon Award for "Uncharted," which she co-wrote with Kevin J. Anderson.

Under various pseudonyms, including Sarah D'Almeida, Elise Hyatt, and Sarah Marqués, Hoyt has continued to produce captivating stories for her readers. Although her work spans multiple genres, Hoyt's unique voice and storytelling ability have remained consistent, earning her a devoted fan base and critical acclaim. Her writing is a testament to her creativity and versatility, and she continues to be a prolific and celebrated author in the science fiction and fantasy community.
Darkship Books
# Title Year
1 Darkship Thieves 2010
2 Darkship Renegades 2012
3 A Few Good Men 2013
4 Through Fire 2016
5 Darkship Revenge 2017
Magical British Empire Books
# Title Year
1 Heart of Light 2008
2 Heart and Soul 2008
3 Soul of Fire 2008
Magis Books
# Title Year
1 Deep Pink 2019
Musketeers Mystery Books (as Sarah D'Almeida)
# Title Year
1 Death of a Musketeer 2006
2 The Musketeer's Seamstress 2007
3 The Musketeer's Apprentice 2007
4 A Death in Gascony 2008
5 Dying by the Sword 2008
Rhodes Mysteries Books
# Title Year
1 Other Rhodes 2022
Shakespearean Fantasies Books
# Title Year
1 Ill Met by Moonlight 2001
2 All Night Awake 2002
3 Any Man So Daring 2003
Shifters Books
# Title Year
1 Draw One in the Dark 2006
2 Gentleman Takes a Chance 2008
3 Noah's Boy 2013
4 Night Shifters 2014
5 Sweet Alice 2014
6 Three Matches 2021
7 Bowl of Red 2022
Tudor Women Books (as Laurien Gardner)
# Title Year
1 The Spanish Bride 2005
2 A Lady Raised High 2006
3 Plain Jane 2006
USAians Books
# Title Year
1 So Little and So Light 2018
The Vampire Musketeers Books
# Title Year
1 Sword And Blood 2012
2 Sword & Blood 2012
3 Here Be Dragons 2015
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 Wings 2008
2 No Will But His 2010
3 Witchfinder 2011
Short Stories/Novellas
# Title Year
1 Trade Winds 2011
Collections
# Title Year
1 Crawling Between Heaven and Earth 2002
2 Dragon Blood 2016
3 Odd Magics 2022
4 Christmas In the Stars 2023
Non-Fiction Books
# Title Year
1 May You Write Interesting Books 2012
Arcane America Books
# Title Year
1 Uncharted 2018
2 Council of Fire 2019
Black Tide Rising Books
# Title Year
1 Under a Graveyard Sky 2013
2 To Sail a Darkling Sea 2014
3 Islands of Rage & Hope 2014
4 Strands of Sorrow 2014
5 Black Tide Rising 2016
6 The Valley of Shadows 2018
7 Voices of the Fall 2019
8 River of Night 2019
9 At the End of the World 2020
10 At the End of the Journey 2021
11 We Shall Rise 2021
12 United We Stand 2024
A Cosmic Christmas Books
# Title Year
1 A Cosmic Christmas 2 You 2013
Monster Hunter International Books
# Title Year
1 Monster Hunter International 2009
2 Monster Hunter Vendetta 2010
3 Monster Hunter Alpha 2011
4 Monster Hunter Legion 2012
5 Monster Hunter Nemesis 2014
6 Monster Hunter Siege 2017
7 The Monster Hunter Files 2017
8 Monster Hunter Guardian 2019
9 Monster Hunter Bloodlines 2021
Padwolf 13 Books
# Title Year
1 Apocalypse 13 2012
2 Mermaids13 2012
3 Fantastic Futures 13 2013
4 Lucky 13 2014
5 Camelot 13 2018
Daring Finds Books (as Elise Hyatt)
# Title Year
1 Dipped, Stripped, and Dead 2009
2 French Polished Murder 2010
3 A Fatal Stain 2012
Sarah A. Hoyt Anthologies
# Title Year
1 Space Horrors 2001
2 Modern Magic 2005
3 Cosmic Cocktails 2006
4 Night Whispers 2010
5 The Wild Side 2011
6 Going Interstellar 2012
7 In Space No One Can Hear You Scream 2013
8 Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera for a New Age 2013
9 The Baen Big Book of Monsters 2014
10 Target Zone 2014
11 Shared Nightmares 2014
12 Worst Contact 2016
13 Black Tide Rising 2016
14 Forbidden Thoughts 2017
15 Straight Outta Tombstone 2017
16 Space Pioneers 2018
17 Those in Peril 2019
18 Noir Fatale 2019
19 Stellaris: People of the Stars 2019
20 To Slip the Surly Bonds 2019
21 Storming Area 51 2019
22 Trouble in the Wind 2019
23 Grifty Shades of Fey 2020
24 Give Me LibertyCon 2020
25 Weird World War III 2020
26 No Man's Land: An Anthology of Strong Female Leads 2021