Sarah Kozloff Books In Order

Publication Order of The Nine Realms Books

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Publication Order of BFI Film Classics Books

About Sarah Kozloff
The American writer and professor Sarah Kozloff is well known for her unique and engaging brand of fantasy novels. Releasing her in-depth and entertaining fantasy series, she’s drawn in readers from all over the world, creating a fun and well thought out collection of novels. From her precise use of language to her creative storylines and characters, she manages to make it all work on every level. Getting to the heart of what it is that she really wants to say, she articulates herself in a manner quite unlike any other.

Knowing her readers and what they’ve come to expect from her novels, she makes her work easy to relate to and accessible. The stories are compelling and have something to say, with many strong themes and ideas running throughout, giving them an extra level of depth. It’s this universality that’s really helped to make her a success, allowing her audience to really fully invest themselves in her novels. Understanding the genre inside and out, Kozloff plays with it, taking it in new and exciting directions, creating something entirely new in the process.

Creating strong and well crafted characters, Kozloff set-up protagonists who would be easy to relate to, while not detracting from the story. With fully fleshed out and three-dimensional personalities, she really managed to create characters that would leave a long lasting impact on readers. Guiding the audience through the worlds that’d been created, she managed to fully realize them in a way that hadn’t been done before. This is something that she’s going to carry on doing for a long time yet, as it seems that she isn’t stopping anytime in the near future.

Early and Personal Life
Born in 1956 on the 8th of June, Sarah Kozloff would nurture a strong passion for storytelling and the written word from an early age. Always looking to refine and hone her craft, she’d develop this over time, building upon her style, as she worked to establish herself. Becoming an academic, she would gain a Ph.D. from Stanford University, before moving on to teach film at Vasser College for over thirty-one years.

Sitting as Professor and Chair of film studies at Vasser, she had an in-depth understanding of storytelling as an art-form. Publishing numerous works of non-fiction, she’d manage to create a style that was very much her own, saying what she wanted to say. Currently living in Hudson Valley, New York, she continues to write to this present day, with a lot more to come on the way.

Writing Career
In 2020 Sarah Kozloff would release her first work of fiction with the title ‘A Queen in Hiding,’ and this would also be the first in her ‘Nine Realms’ series of fantasy novels. Over the course of the next few months she would bring out the next titles in the series, realising them monthly, with four in total published. Bringing out ‘The Queen of Raiders,’ ‘A Broken Queen,’ and ‘The Cerulean Queen,’ she’d publish the whole series, crafting an entire world in the process.

These were written over the course on nine years in total, and, prior to this, Kozloff would also bring out works of non-fiction. Publishing ‘Invisible Storytellers’ in 1988, she would look at the role of voice-over narration in film, and how it works with storytelling. There’s plenty more books planned on the horizon as well, as she continues to draw in readers both nationally and internationally.

A Broken Queen
Initially published in 2020 on the 24th of March, this would first come out through the Tor Books publishing label. It would mark the third book in the ongoing ‘Nine Realms’ series of novels, carrying on directly from the previous two titles. Taking the story forwards, it also paves the way for the following fourth book that would be published just one month later.

Providing a lot of character development here, this takes the world that was established in the previous novels and repositions it. Shifting the themes and ideas, it essentially evolves them, taking them forward in a new and interesting direction for the audience. Not only that, the world-building here is also great, as it further builds on the universe of the previous two books, really allowing the reader to explore.

Healing from the trauma of having faced the Fire Spirit in Oromondo, Cerulia is now in Wyeland in a recovery house there. Based in the ward there she begins to realize that not everyone’s scars are entirely visible, and people are dying with dignity. This comes to shape her as a person, as she begins to make plans on what she will do next, and if she will ever take her throne back. Will she ever get to return? What will happen to Cerulia here on the ward? Can they ever truly heal a broken queen?

The Cerulean Queen
This book would originally come out in 2020 on the 21st of April, as it would be the fourth book in ‘The Nine Realms’ series of novels. Picking up from where the previous third novel left off, this is a direct continuation, as it sets about building upon what came before. Developing many of the themes and ideas, it manages to deliver more of what the reader’s come to appreciate from the books, while also offering plenty of twists and turns along the way. It’s the conclusion to the series, and it brings everything together in a satisfying manner, tying up the many loose ends.

Returning once again, the one true queen of all Weirandale has made her way back, regaining the throne once more. Facing off against a court and council of traitors, the realm is now in chaos, as they’re at war with Oromondo, as Cerulia the queen must make sense of it all. With all that she has learned in her absence, she must now use it in order to rule over the kingdom, as she masters the gift her gift for ruling. Will she be able to right the many wrongs? Can she work to save the day? What will become of the Cerulean Queen?