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ⓘ About Sarah Pinsker
Sarah Pinsker is an award winning author and singer/songwriter who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. In Baltimore she has put together grants for a non-profit organization. In her life, she has played music in about twenty states in the United States, lived in five states, and been to forty-eight states as well as Canada. Pinsker has a degree in history. She is a research buff, even if something does not end up in the story. Sarah finds herself happiest when she is pointed to an archive and allowed to take it from there. Pinsker’s first sale was for a story called “20 Ways the Desert Could Kill You” in the year 2012. Her work has appeared in such magazines as: Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Asimov’s, Lightspeed, Fireside, Daily Science Fiction, and Uncanny.
All Book Series by Sarah Pinsker
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2019
Unidentified Funny Objects 10
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2026
Evil Robot Monkey
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 2008 Anthology · Mary Robinette Kowal
For Want of a Nail
Book 3 of 9 · published 2011 Anthology · Mary Robinette Kowal
A Fire in the Heavens
Book 5 of 9 · published 2014 Anthology · Mary Robinette Kowal
The Escapement of Blackledge
Book 6 of 9 · published 2016 Anthology · Mary Robinette Kowal
The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF 2015
Single-title series · published 2016 Co-authored · Brendan DuBois,David Weber,Seth Dickinson,Brian Dolton,Brad R. Torgersen,Hank Davis,David Afsharirad,Claudine Griggs,Andrea M. Pawley,Eric Leif Davin
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (March/April 2014)
Book 3 of 36 · published 2014
Our Lady of the Open Road and Other Stories from the Long List Anthology, Volume 2
Book 15 of 36 · published 2017
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Two
Book 16 of 36 · published 2017
The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume Three
Book 18 of 36 · published 2017
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 Edition
Book 25 of 36 · published 2019
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Five
Book 29 of 36 · published 2020
Uncanny Magazine Issue 50: January-February 2023
Book 33 of 36 · published 2023
Uncanny Magazine Issue 67: November/December 2025
Book 35 of 36 · published 2025
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Sarah Pinsker?
Sarah Pinsker is an award winning author and singer/songwriter who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. In Baltimore she has put together grants for a non-profit organization. In her life, she has played music in about twenty states in the United States, lived in five states, and been to forty-eight states as well as Canada.
Which Sarah Pinsker series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Mary Robinette Kowal Short Stories/Novellas series, the earliest of Sarah Pinsker's multi-book series: it opens with Evil Robot Monkey (2008) and runs to 9 books across 2008–2025, ending with The Millay Illusion (2025).
How many books has Sarah Pinsker written?
Sarah Pinsker has 72 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2008 and 2026. 23 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Mary Robinette Kowal Short Stories/Novellas series with 9 books — and 49 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Sarah Pinsker's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Sarah Pinsker's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Mary Robinette Kowal Short Stories/Novellas (2008–2025, 9 books) and The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF (2016, 1 book).
How are Sarah Pinsker's books organised into series?
This guide splits Sarah Pinsker's 72 books into 3 named series and 49 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Mary Robinette Kowal Short Stories/Novellas (9 books, 2008–2025); The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF (1 book, 2016); Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology (13 books, 2012–2026).