Sarah Beth Durst is a writer of children’s and young adult fantasy novels. She started writing fantasy stories at age 10, got an English degree from a fancy college in New Jersey, and then began actively “aspiring.” Her debut novel, Into the Wild, was published just a few weeks ago, released in hardcover on June 21, 2007 from Razorbill/Penguin. (She is very, very, very excited about this.) It’s a fantasy adventure about fairy-tale characters who’ve escaped the fairy tale, and what happens when the fairy tale wants its characters back.

Sarah lives in Stony Brook, NY with her husband, her daughter, and her ill-mannered cat. She also has a miniature pet griffin named Alfred. Okay, okay, that’s not quite true. His name is really Montgomery.