Sarah Blake (novelist)

Sarah Blake is an American writer based in Washington D.C. Her debut novel Grange House, set in Victorian era Maine, was published in 2001. Her second, The Postmistress, a story set in Second World War Massachusetts and London, was published in 2010, and a third, The Guest Book, the story of two intertwined families in twentieth-century Germany and the U.S., appeared in 2019.

This article is about the author of Postmistress. For the poet and author of Naamah, see Sarah Blake (poet). For for other uses, see Sarah Blake (disambiguation).
Sarah Blake
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
Alma materMiss Porter's School
Notable worksGrange House
SpouseJoshua Weiner

Life

Blake taught school and college-level English in Colorado and New York for several years and has taught fiction workshops at institutions including the University of Maryland and George Washington University. The Postmistress received a favourable review from The New York Times, which compared it to Kathryn Stockett's The Help.[1]

Family

She is married to poet Joshua Weiner.

Bibliography
  • Grange House (2001) Picador ISBN 0312280041
  • The Postmistress (2010) Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam ISBN 0399156194
  • The Guest Book (2019) Flatiron Books ISBN 9781250110251
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References
  1. Maslin, Janet (9 February 2010). "Delivering Bad News and Bearing It". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 3 June 2012.


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