Amber Dermont

Amber Dermont
Occupation Writer, Associate Professor of English
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Houston

Amber Dermont is an American author. She has an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Houston, and she is a faculty member at Rice University.[1]

Books

Dermont is the author of two books: The Starboard Sea, a novel,[2] and Damage Control, a story collection.[3]

The Starboard Sea is a novel about a boy who transfers to a new prep school after a tragedy involving his sailing partner.[4][5] The book was a New York Times best seller[6][7] and was named one of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2012.[8] It was also a finalist for the 2014 Townsend Prize for Fiction.[9]

References

  1. Rice Department of English, accessed September 9, 2014.
  2. "In Knots", Eleanor Henderson, The New York Times, March 1, 2012.
  3. "I've Been Meaning to Tell You", Caitlin Macy, The New York Times, March 22, 2013.
  4. "In Knots", Eleanor Henderson, The New York Times, March 1, 2012.
  5. "A Young Man of Privilege in Deep Water", Janet Maslin, The New York Times.
  6. Hardcover Fiction, The New York Times, March 19, 2012.
  7. Hardcover Fiction, The New York Times, March 25, 2012.
  8. "100 Notable Books of 2012", The New York Times, November 27, 2012.
  9. 2014 Finalists, The Townsend Prize for Fiction, accessed September 9, 2014.