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Sarah Penner is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary and The London Séance Society. Her books have been translated into more than forty languages and her debut, The Lost Apothecary, has sold over one million copies worldwide.

A graduate of the University of Kansas, Sarah spent thirteen years in corporate finance and now writes full-time. In her free time, Sarah enjoys hiking, yoga, and cooking. She also sits on the Board of Directors at her local animal shelter, Friends of Strays. Sarah and her husband, Marc, live in Florida.

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Average rating: 3.73 · 583,228 ratings · 60,553 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lost Apothecary 3.76 avg rating — 477,441 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The London Séance Society 3.49 avg rating — 66,497 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amalfi Curse 3.86 avg rating — 30,466 ratings — published 2025 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Conjurer's Wife 3.84 avg rating — 8,799 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	A maldição de Amalfi – A saga familiar com elementos sobrenaturais da autora de "A pequena loja de venenos" by Sarah Penner (Goodreads Author), Isabella Pacheco (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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IYCMI, we recently revealed the cover of my third book, The Amalfi Curse, coming April 2025!

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Shipwrecks. Sunken secrets. Forbidden lovers. And a coven of witches with unsurpassed power over the sea.

Set along the dazzling, sun-drenched Amalfi coast in both 1821 and present-day, The Amalfi Curse is full of magic, mystery, and--no surprise here--plenty of twists!

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“First, there was trust. Then, there was betrayal. You cannot have one without the other. You cannot be betrayed by someone you do not trust ... what you have learned is the same heart-wrenching journey of every woman to whom I have sold a poison. And it is, indeed, the same path for me.”
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“First, there was trust. Then, there was betrayal. You cannot have one without the other. You cannot be betrayed by someone you do not trust.”
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The Four Winds

by Kristin Hannah

8 votes, 23.5%

The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer

by Liza Rodman

7 votes, 20.6%

One by One

by Ruth Ware

4 votes, 11.8%

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie

by Marie Benedict

4 votes, 11.8%

Every Last Secret

by A.R. Torre

3 votes, 8.8%

The Widows of Malabar Hill

by Sujata Massey

2 votes, 5.9%

The Lost Apothecary

by Sarah Penner

2 votes, 5.9%

Who Is Maud Dixon?

by Alexandra Andrews

2 votes, 5.9%

If We Were Villains

by M.L. Rio

1 vote, 2.9%

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

1 vote, 2.9%

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