Author
Compassionate misanthrope. Easily amused. Wrangles kids. Writes books.
If you like your contemporary fiction salty, sweary, and a little sexy, I bet you'll like mine. she/her/hän
Publications:
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"A Boy I Knew Before I Got Like This" (flash fiction) New Reader Magazine, December 2018. This story also received Honorable Mention in the Glimmertrain Very-short Fiction Contest.
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"Brightwood's Theorem" (short story) Zone 3 Press, Fall 2018. This story was also nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
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"Shift" Beloit Fiction Journal, Spring 2018
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"Kimmo in the Pisgah" Missouri Review, Spring 2018.
Sara Read writes contemporary fiction that aims for both the heart and the mind. Her short stories have been featured in The Missouri Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, and Zone 3 Press, and she has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is represented by Laura Bradford of Bradford Literary Agency.
Before she started writing fiction, Sara got a degree in Women’s Studies from U.C. Santa Cruz. She tried the nine-to-five life for about a nanosecond before moving to rural Virginia to become a flute-maker’s apprentice and traditional fiddle player. Some years and two babies later, she returned to school for a Masters in Nursing. A cancer survivor herself, she now has the distinct privilege of caring for cancer patients.
Sara lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband, two teens, a terrier, and three snarky cats. She loves a long run, a long road trip, and a long talk with a friend.