the Author

Michelle is an author, book­seller, and lover of liter­a­ture based in Toronto. She writes fantasy novels as both Michelle Sagara and Michelle West (and some­times as Michelle Sagara West).

Cast in Blood


by Michelle Sagara

DO NOT MEDDLE IN THE AFFAIRS OF BARRANI Kaylin has been warned to steer clear of the lords of the Barrani High Court. She’d be more than happy to oblige, but it’s a bit diffi­cult consid­ering she lives with ten of them, all sent to the green to gain power or...

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    • State of the Author, September 2026 edition

      I’ve been absent from the writer blog, in part because I have been strug­gling to actu­ally get back to writing. I am writing again, but not at the same pace I was before November 8th of last year. We still have a number of doctors who have a contin­uing interest in my youngest: cardi­ol­o­gist, nephrol­o­gist, (Read more...)

  • News & appearances

    • Eastercon 2024

      I was reminded in a comment that I have grossly under­uti­lized the “News” portion of this site. I tend to think of posts as blog posts, and I gener­ally mention anything new there. However! I am going to the UK, to East­ercon in 2024 (which is, as I write, this year) as one of the Guests (Read more...)

Chronicles of Elantra

The Emperor's Wolves

The Wolves of Elantra

Lessons of the Academia

The Sacred Hunt

The Sun Sword

The House War

Hunter's Redoubt

The Burning Crown

The Queen of the Dead

The Books of the Sundered

Short Stories