Caragh M. O'Brien
American novelist
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Caragh M. O'Brien is an American novelist, best known as the author of the Birthmarked trilogy, a series of young adult, dystopian novels. Her books take place in a world destroyed by climate change. She also wrote an adult novel, Annie Bot, about a malfunctioning gynoid companion, under the pen name Sierra Greer.[1]
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O'Brien in 2014 | |
| Born | Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Education | Williams College (BS) Johns Hopkins University (MA) |
| Children | 3 |
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Early life
O'Brien was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She graduated from Williams College with a Bachelor of Science in physics, and earned her MA in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.[2]
Career
Before becoming a full-time writer, O'Brien was a high school teacher. She also published romance novels.[3]
In June 2025, O'Brien won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel published in the UK for her novel Annie Bot, published under her pen name Sierra Greer.[4]
Personal life
O'Brien is married with three children; two sons and one daughter. She is one of seven children in her family and she has sixteen nieces and six nephews.[5]
Bibliography
Birthmarked Trilogy
- Birthmarked, Roaring Brook Press, 2010[6]
- Prized, Roaring Brook Press, 2011
- Promised, Roaring Brook Press, 2012
Short stories in the Birthmarked universe:
Vault of Dreamers Trilogy
- The Vault of Dreamers, Roaring Brook Press, 2016
- The Rule of Mirrors, Roaring Brook Press, 2016
- The Keep of Ages, Roaring Brook Press, 2017
As Sierra Greer
- Annie Bot, HarperCollins Mariner, 2024.[10][11][12]