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).

  • Most recent blog post

    • State of the Author, September 2023 edition

      I’m writing to you all from Australia, where I have come on my writing retreat, which used to be an annual thing until Covid. I have an unfor­tu­nately tight dead­line, and I’m neck deep into Cast in Atone­ment, which is not yet done. I hope to be finished before I leave Bris­bane. And when I say (Read more...)

  • News & appearances

    • Cast in Eternity has been delayed

      Longer story here. Cast in Eter­nity, orig­i­nally sched­uled for release on the 28th of September, 2022, will now be published two months later, on the 29th of November, 2022. This is because the book isn’t quite finished yet, and there was, mirac­u­lously, room in the schedule to move it to (Read more...)