Sarina Dahlan was born into an Indonesian family in Thailand, and immigrated to the United States at the age of twelve. While children in the west grew up on fairytales, she learned parables through ghost stories, mythologies, and Japanese manga.
A graduate of the University of California, San Diego with degrees in Psychology and Visual Arts, she has blended both disciplines in careers as an advertising producer, a corporate marketing strategist, and a writer.
She considers herself a writer of place and finds inspiration for her stories in traveling and the places she has lived. She currently resides in San Diego with her family.
Her second book, PRESET, launches May 23, 2023. It is available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audio. For a signed & personalized copy, order through Mysterious Galaxy and made a note in the “order comment” section.
Her debut novel, RESET, came out in May 2021. It is an Amazon Best Seller and is available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audio. To order signed copies, please order through Mysterious Galaxy and made a note in the “order comment” section.
Her short story collection, Shadow Play: Ten Tales from the In-between is available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, and e-book.
Featured:
Best Seller list:
On Reset
- #1 in Science Fiction Romance, Amazon
- #2 in Dystopian Science Fiction, Amazon
- #2 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction, Amazon
- #2 in Romantic Action & Adventure, Amazon
- #9 in Science Fiction, Amazon
Awards:
- AN ECHO IN THE VINE, chosen as a winner of the San Diego Decameron Project, 2021
- THE METAMORPHOSIS OF MAO MAO, 2nd place winner, San Diego Public Library Short Story Contest, 2019
- Click here to watch the story performed by Write Out Loud.
- THE BENCH, Silver Honorable Mention, Writers of the Future Short Story Contest, 3rd quarter 2018.
Interviews:
On Preset
- Midday Edition Radio interview, KPBS (Radio)
- Authors Love Bookstores: Sarina Dahlan with Mysterious Galaxy, A Mighty Blaze (YouTube)
- Write and Wrong (Podcast)
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On Reset
- Midday Edition Radio interview, KPBS (Radio)
- Sarina Dahlan’s ‘Reset’ Imagines A Shortcut To Peace, KPBS (Online article)
- La Mesa author explores a ‘Reset’ life in new book, the San Diego Union Tribune
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