Sarah Elizabeth Monette (born November 25, 1974) is an American novelist and short story writer, mostly in the genres of fantasy and horror.

[3] Monette studied Classics, English, and French at Case Western Reserve University and graduated summa cum laude in 1996.

[8] The sequel, The Virtu, followed in July 2006, also earning starred reviews and making Locus's Recommended Reading lists for 2006.

[9] Her short stories have been published in Strange Horizons, Alchemy, Postscripts, and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, among other venues, and have received four Honorable Mentions from The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow, Gavin Grant, and Kelly Link.

Her poem "Night Train: Heading West" appeared in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror XIX, and a story she co-wrote with Elizabeth Bear, "The Ile of Dogges", appeared in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois, in 2007.