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Sarah Beth Durst is an American author of fantasy. Her 2016 novel Queen of the Blood won a 2017 Alex Award from the American Library Association. Durst writes for adults, young adults, and middle grade level readers.

Sarah Beth Durst, born Sarah Beth Angelini, grew up in Northborough, Massachusetts. As a child, she attended Lincoln Street Elementary School in Northborough. She later attended Bancroft School in Worcester, from which she graduated in 1992. While still in high school, she wrote a musical about intersections between fairy tales and the real world, which she has described as "horrible." She would later return to these themes in her debut novel, Into the Wild. After finishing high school, Durst attended Princeton University, which serves as the setting for her fourth novel, Enchanted Ivy. At Princeton, Durst majored in English literature and completed a concentration in theater and dance. After graduating from Princeton in 1996, Durst lived briefly in the UK before returning to Massachusetts for several years. Durst currently resides in Stony Brook, New York.