Thea Engst
Award-winning author, bartender, cocktail recipe developer, professional writer, published poet, attempted novelist.
You may know me from…
Eater Boston (yes, again!)
My first solo book, published February 2023
Published by Adams Media, an imprint of Simon + Schuster
Winner of the 2023 Readable Feast Award for Excellence in Beverage Writing
Created all 78 recipes
Includes an intro to Tarot, astrology, home bartending, herbal magic, and syrup recipes
Rated one of Hanna Lee Communications’ Favorite Books
Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target, and local stores if you ask! (Please ask!)*
Co-authored cocktail book with podcaster + Greek mythology expert, Liv Albert
Published by Adams Media, an imprint of Simon + Schuster in 2022
Created all 75 recipes
Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local bookstore.*
Co-authored nonfiction bar book with Lauren Vigdor
Published by Adams Media, an imprint of Simon + Schuster in 2017
Rated one of the ‘Best Booze Books of 2017’ by ‘Forbes Magazine’
Rated one of Hanna Lee Communications’ Favorite Books
Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and local stores if you ask.*
Further Recipe Work
My newest work is Bubbly Cocktail Cards A–Z: The Ultimate Champagne & Prosecco Drink Recipe Dictionary Deck, available now.
See my monthly cocktail recipes in The Lowell Sun.
I worked as a cocktail recipe developer for the Unofficial Disney Parks Drink Recipe Book, The Unofficial Disney Parks EPCOT Cookbook, + The Unofficial Disney Parks Restaurants Cookbook, available now through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and more!
Poetry Publications
PS I Love You - The Fishermen’s Wife
Medium - What To Do With That Mason Jar
Medium - A Whole Awful Lot
Remington Review - Negroni Kisses
Poets Reading the News - The Price of the Farm
The Same - Your Table
The Same - Chip and the Bitch
of Juliet - For His Son (print only)
The Paragon Journal - What Happened to the Dog; Charleston, SC
Poets Readings the News - I’m Safe in [Insert City Here]
SWWIM Every Day - Mermaid
Poets Reading the News - We Knew This All Along
Poets Reading the News - What Tom Petty is to my Father and Me
Up the Staircase - The Shotgun
Sugarhouse Review - Conversation About Water (print only)
Gutter Eloquence - Debt
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