Amber Dermont

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Amber Dermont
OccupationWriter, Associate Professor of English
NationalityAmerican
Education Vassar College (AB)
Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA)
University of Houston (PhD)

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. [1]

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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. [2] [3]

The novel was a New York Times best seller [4] [5] [ failed verification ] and was named one of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2012. [6] It was also a Waterstones book club pick, as well as a Watermark Books best seller. [7]

The Starboard Sea was a finalist for the 2014 Townsend Prize for Fiction. [8]

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  2. ↑ "In Knots" Archived 2018-01-19 at the Wayback Machine , Eleanor Henderson, The New York Times, March 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ "A Young Man of Privilege in Deep Water" Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine , Janet Maslin, The New York Times.
  4. ↑ Hardcover Fiction Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine , The New York Times, March 19, 2012.
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  14. ↑ "Damage Control". Booklist . 2013-02-15. Archived from the original on 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  15. ↑ "Damage Control". Kirkus Reviews . 2012-12-02. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
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