The American Library Association said Playing God is 'one of the Best Books for Young Adults of 1999'. Her novel Fool's War became a The New York Times Notable Book in 1997. Dick award for best science-fiction paperback. Anderson, her novel Bitter Angels won the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award in 1997 and won the Locus Award for Best First Novel the same year. Sarah Zettel's first novel Reclamation was nominated for the Philip K. Zettel said her ideas come from current events, her earlier reading material, and memoirs based around science. Among Zettel's favorite science-fiction authors are Ursula Le Guin – who inspired her to become an author – and Octavia Butler, Mary Doria Russell, and Terry Prachett. Zettel writes regency mysteries and romances under the pseudonym Darcie Wilde. Of all of her novels, A Mother's Lie 'holds a special place in her heart' because 'I wanted a chance to write a suspense book in which the mother gets to be the hero, and the strength of the relationship between mother and daughter gets to be at the center of the story in a positive way'. She said 'every genre gives you a different view into the art of storytelling'. Īs of 2021, Zettel has written 35 novels in genres that include horror, fantasy, romance, thriller/suspense, and young adult.

Stanley Schmidt, the editor of Analog, sent her work back multiple times to fix problems in 1998, Zettel said she regarded Schmidt 'as a really great teacher, and I think that experience is what led me directly to be able to write Reclamation'. Zettel wrote many science-fiction short stories for Analog and other publications. Her first novel Reclamation was published in 1996 this was followed by Fool's War in 1997. Zettel's first short story Driven by Moonlight was written in 1986, and was published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 1991.

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