AVANTHAM Author Sarah Marine is a novelist, registered EMT, and high school student from northern New Jersey. As someone who has OCD, she finds writing is helpful for processing her thoughts and connecting with others facing similar challenges. Her debut novel, Lessons in Dry Drowning, offers a fresh perspective to young adult fiction. When she's not writing, studying or saving lives she's obsessively rewatching Gilmore Girls and dreaming of living somewhere warm.