'Thursday's Child has Far to Go.' Sarah was born on a Thursday' and she still likes to think that means there's a lot more mileage in her yet, particularly when it comes to her first love, writing.
Inspired by reading 'The Lord of the Rings'at the age of twelve, she started writing her own fantasy novels but chose to study music at New Hall (now Murray Edwards College), Cambridge. She's always enjoyed working with young people, so she trained as a teacher at Homerton College, Cambridge.
Staying at home when her two sons were small, Sarah started writing again and her first short story was published in 1992. Her first novel 'Moths to a Flame' came out in 1995 from Orion; seven other fantasy novels and various short stories for 'Interzone' have followed. She's taught music on and off all her life and for the last seventeen years, she's been running a primary school library.
Sarah also reviews manga and anime - another passion! - for various online magazines. 'Flight into Darkness,' her eighth fantasy novel and sequel to 'Tracing the Shadow,' was published in early 2009 by Bantam Spectra. In response to many requests from readers, she is currently working on Book 4, a direct sequel to the popular Artamon trilogy. Her dream? To see one of her stories reinterpreted as manga or anime...
