Amber Dermont is an American author. She has a bachelor's degree from Vassar College, 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.Rice Department of English , accessed September 9, 2014.
The Starboard Sea (2012) The Starboard Sea was published January 1, 2012 by St. Martin's Press. The novel follows a boy who transfers to a new prep school after a tragedy involving his sailing partner."In Knots" , Eleanor Henderson, The New York Times, March 1, 2012."A Young Man of Privilege in Deep Water" , Janet Maslin, The New York Times.
The novel was a New York Times best sellerHardcover Fiction , The New York Times, March 19, 2012.Hardcover Fiction , The New York Times, March 25, 2012. and was named one of The New York Times''' 100 Notable Books of 2012. It was also a Waterstones book club pick, as well as a Watermark Books best seller.The Starboard Sea'' was a finalist for the 2014 Townsend Prize for Fiction.
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