Crossan, Sarah
biography
Sarah Crossan (born in Dublin) is an Irish writer of young adult fiction. She graduated in philosophy and literature before training as an English and drama teacher at Cambridge University. She taught at a small private school near New York, but left the job to become a full time writer in 2010. Her debut novel, The Weight of Water, written entirely in verse, was published in 2012 in London by Bloomsbury Publishing. The book tells the story of a Polish immigrant girl, Kasieńka, heading with her mother for England to search for the girl’s father, who abandoned them. It has been followed by Breathe (2012), its sequel Resist (2013), Apple and Rain (2014) and One (2015).
Sarah Crossan’s writing has been critically acclaimed and won her a number of literary awards, including the CBI Eilís Dillon Award 2013, the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2013, WeRead Prize 2013, UKLA Book Award 2013 and the Luchs Prize 2014.
She lives and works in Hertfordshire in England.
– compiled by Joanna Malik
The following are links to websites with information about the author and her book:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/sarah-crossan
https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/writers/advice/345/a-writers-toolkit/interviews-with-authors/