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  • Published: 8 December 2022
  • ISBN: 9781473581845
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 272

My Life in Sea Creatures

A young queer science writer’s reflections on identity and the ocean





A young queer science writer on some of the ocean's strangest creatures and what they can teach us about human empathy and survival

Join science journalist Sabrina Imbler on an astonishing journey which will completely redefine the way you think about nature and the ocean

'An astonishing debut' GUARDIAN
'Reveals just as much about our fascinating, mysterious world as it does about our fascinating, mysterious selves' NEW YORK TIMES

In My Life in Sea Creatures we encounter: the mother octopus, starving herself while watching over her eggs; the yeti crab, thriving in crushing pressure and oppressive darkness; the cuttlefish, able to change its appearance in a fraction of a second; and many other creatures lurking in the depths of the ocean.

Imbler's work weaves the wonders of marine biology with their own identity as a queer, non-binary mixed-race writer. They implicitly connect endangered sea life to marginalised human communities and shatter our preconceptions about the sea and what it means to survive.

'A miraculous, transcendental book' ED YONG
'Profound, surprising and thrillingly strange. I love it' SY MONTGOMERY
'Astounding' PHILIP HOARE
'A revelation' ISABELLA TREE

***LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER***

  • Published: 8 December 2022
  • ISBN: 9781473581845
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 272

About the author

Sabrina Imbler

Sabrina Imbler is a mixed Chinese-American queer essayist, scientific journalist and staff writer at Atlas Obscura. Her first book, Dyke (geology) will be published by Black Lawrence Press in June next year earning advance praise from fellow writers such as Kristen Arnett and Alexander Chee. Dyke (geology) was awarded the editor’s choice in the Black River Chapbook Competition. Sabrina is a current Fellow at the Asian American Writers Workshop in the States and previously received the Yi Dae Up Fellowship in Nonfiction for the Jack Jones Literary Arts Retreat and the inaugural Jane Hoppen residency at Paragraph. She spoke at the National Association of Science Writers’ conference, ScienceWriters2018, on the panel “Raising Your Voice: Using Essay Techniques in Science Writing.” Her essays and reporting have appeared in various publications, including Catapult, Gay Magazine, Medium, Grist, Audubon, Nautilus, Scientific American, and The Week among others.