After some years travelling and then working with Amnesty International, Oxfam and Oxford University Press, Sarah graduated from the MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 2002 with a distinction. One of her short stories was shortlisted for the Mslexia national short story competition in 2009. Sarah lives in Norwich with her husband and two young daughters.

Her debut novel, SELDOM SEEN, was published by Random House in August 2012.