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.

Books

Dermont is the author of two books: ''The Starboard Sea'', a novel,"In Knots"
Eleanor Henderson, ''The New York Times'', March 1, 2012. and ''Damage Control'', a story collection. ''The Starboard Sea'' is a novel about a boy who transfers to a new prep school after a tragedy involving his sailing partner. The book was a ''New York Times'' best seller and was named one of '' The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2012. It was also a finalist for the 2014

Townsend Prize for Fiction The Townsend Prize for Fiction is awarded biennially (that is, every two years) to a writer from the U.S. state of Georgia for the best novel published during those years, by the Georgia Center for the Book and '' The Chattahoochee Review'' the lit ...

.2014 Finalists
, The Townsend Prize for Fiction, accessed September 9, 2014.

References

American women novelists Living people Vassar College alumni Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni University of Houston alumni Rice University faculty American women short story writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American short story writers Novelists from Texas Year of birth missing (living people) American women academics {{US-novelist-stub