Hello there!* I’m Sarah, the oldest of ten kids and a professional geek who’s been storytelling since she could talk. I was born the year before Doctor Who rebooted, a year before YouTube became a thing, and four years before Iron Man hit theaters. A proud Florida kid, I’ve lived most of my life with the beach a mile away.
I was homeschooled all my life and very quickly learned if you wanted to know something, there was probably a book about it. Since I wanted to know many things, I did a lot of reading. I don’t remember ever choosing to be a writer though. I’ve always had a hurricane of words and ideas in my brain, so from a young age it was just a given that someday my books would be in libraries too.
The years went by, and I read and wrote and attended a co-op for middle school (where I placed second in science fair). I decided to be an astronaut, a missionary, and a singer. I attended a co-op for high school (where I learned the joys of logic and debate) and became a Tolkien geek. I decided to be a politician, an attorney, and an evangelist. Through all this, writing was the wallpaper of my life. But towards the end of high school, I started wondering, What if I actually made this my career?
Three years of research and two years after graduation later, I moved from beautiful, salty-aired Florida to Ohio—no less beautiful, but significantly less salty (until it snows). Here, at an apprenticeship called The Company, I’m training to turn my dream into a career.
I specialize in fantasy and in fiction-that-pretends-to-be-science, but I’ve written almost every genre and medium. I’ve been published in the Fantastical Summer Anthology and on The Pearl. I also hoard books like a dragon (and read way too many at once). When I’m not doing that, I’m probably getting distracted by music or throwing myself headfirst into whatever fandom has caught my heart.
Stories are a peculiar thing. You start out thinking they’re only in books, then grow up to see them in your own life. Stories affect how I see the world, from inviting me to dance with trees (thanks, C.S. Lewis), to making me run outside to whistle on windy days (if you’ve read Garth Nix, you know). Maybe my stories will do that for you someday. Who knows? Stick around to find out!
*General Kenobi!
I am in a book!
Relationships are hard, especially when you barely know each other. But now death-by-magic-portal is in the mix. Can this teen mom connect with the daughter she gave up years ago? More importantly, can she be the mom now that she couldn’t be then?
Check out Beachcombing, a story of seashells, snark, and a beach day gone wrong (or maybe exactly right). You’ll find it in the Fantastical Summer Anthology, with stories from fourteen other great authors!