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ⓘ About Sarah Gailey
Sarah Gailey is an American who specializes in both fictional and nonfictional work. The Oakland, California native spends her days reading, baking and making “vulgar embroidery” and confesses to love her smokes a bit too much. Gailey has a wide local readership and continues to grow in popularity with every publication. The “River of Teeth” is Gailey’s arguably most successful work, and part of the novella series by the same name. In this short story, Gailey gives an alternate history of a 1910s American government initiative to bring hippos from Africa and breed them for meat. The animals are successfully brought into the southeastern US but the mission goes wrong when they reveal their true identity as ill-tempered savage beasts and wreak havoc across the region.
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Absolute Pleasure: Queer Perspectives on Rocky Horror
Book 10 of 11 · published 2025
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Sarah Gailey?
Sarah Gailey is an American who specializes in both fictional and nonfictional work. The Oakland, California native spends her days reading, baking and making “vulgar embroidery” and confesses to love her smokes a bit too much. Gailey has a wide local readership and continues to grow in popularity with every publication.
Which Sarah Gailey series should I start with?
The best place to start is the River Of Teeth series, the earliest of Sarah Gailey's multi-book series: it opens with River of Teeth (2017) and runs to 4 books across 2017–2018, ending with American Hippo (2018). Sarah Gailey's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Sarah Gailey written?
Sarah Gailey has 41 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2015 and 2027. 20 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the Eat the Rich series with 6 books — and 21 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Sarah Gailey's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Sarah Gailey's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Mothership Zeta Magazine (2015, 1 book), River Of Teeth (2017–2018, 4 books) and Upright Women Wanted (2020–2027, 2 books), plus 5 more.
How are Sarah Gailey's books organised into series?
This guide splits Sarah Gailey's 41 books into 8 named series and 21 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Eat the Rich (6 books, 2021–2022); River Of Teeth (4 books, 2017–2018); The Vampire Slayer (4 books, 2023); Upright Women Wanted (2 books, 2020–2027); Know Your Station (1 book, 2023), plus 3 further series.