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Bio

Sarina Bowen is a #1 Amazon bestselling author, a 24-time USA Today bestseller, and a Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary novels. Formerly a derivatives trader on Wall Street, Sarina graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a BA in economics.

A New Englander whose Vermont ancestors cut timber and farmed the north country in the 1760s, Sarina is grateful for the invention of indoor plumbing and wi-fi during the intervening 250 years. She lives with her family on a few wooded acres in New Hampshire.

Sarina's books are published in more than 15 languages with twenty or so international publishers.

She is a sitting council member on the Authors Guild, with committee work in finance and advocacy.

 

Lists, Awards, Nominations, Kudos:

Latest

  • Amazon #1 Bestseller: The Five Year Lie

  • Amazon Charts Bestseller: The Five Year Lie

  • Amazon Best Books of 2024 So Far: The Five Year Lie

  • Elle Magazine Best Mystery and Thriller Books of 2024: The Five Year Lie

  • Translations licensed into a 15+ languages

Career Highlights

  • USA Today Bestsellers List (20+ titles)

  • Wall Street Journal Bestsellers List

  • Amazon Charts Bestseller

  • Publishers Weekly’s Apple Books bestseller’s list (20+ titles)

  • Amazon Top 100 (20+ titles)

  • New York Public Library’s Ten Best Books for adults 2023 list for The New Guy, Best Books for adults 2021 list for Roommate, and Best Books for adults 2022 for The Best Men, Best New Romance for adults for Shenanigans

  • Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist for The Accidentals and Him

  • Goodreads editors’ Best of The Month for Bittersweet

  • Amazon Editors’ Picks: Best Romance of the Year for Roommate. Best Thriller of the Year So Far for The Five Year Lie. Best Romance of the Month for Rookie Move, Hard Hitter & Roommate.

  • The 100 Best Romances at Audible list for Bittersweet

  • Apple “2022’s Top Selling Romance” for Shenanigans

  • Apple Best Books of 2020 (Australia) for Lies and Lullabies

  • Lit Hub’s 26 Romances for Valentines Day for Him

  • PopSugar’s Sexiest Books of All Time for Him

  • Barnes & Noble’s Five Favorite Indie Books for I’m Your Guy

  • Romance Writers of America RITA award for Him

  • LovelyBooks (Germany) Readers’ Choice nominations (multiple)


Critics Are Saying:

Lost love, revenge, deception, truth and murder all keep the wheels turning in this excellent thriller.
— New York Post
Deeply emotional, incredibly sexy.
— Washington Post
I don’t gush about this series enough. Gush gush.
— Colleen Hoover
There’s so much more happening in this sprightly book.
— New York Times Book Review
This page-turner will have readers eagerly awaiting Bowen’s next book.
— Publishers Weekly
Bowen writes great dialogue and wonderfully realistic characters.
— Kirkus Reviews
Engaging characters, a well-handled plot, and simmering sexual tension make this laughter-tinged second-chance-at-love romance a hot, lively read.
— Library Journal
Hot enough to melt the ice of this romance’s hockey setting.
— PopSugar
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34th Street and 7th Avenue

The New Guy was the face of Amazon’s Read with Pride promo in New York City, June 2023

#1 Bestseller

After months in the top 100 and 200, The Five Year Lie hits #1 in the store!