Sarah Harrison

Sarah Harrison (born 1946) is an English novelist and children's writer. She has written successful novels and children's books, and also a writers' guide: How to Write a Blockbuster.

Family and life Born in Exeter, Sarah Harrison is the second of three children of an army officer and a former actress, and a cousin of the novelist Celia Dale. The family spent time during her childhood in Berlin, Singapore, Malaya, then Germany again, before she was sent to boarding school at the age of nine. She took an English degree at the University of London and then worked for four years on the magazine Woman's Own, before becoming a freelance writer.

Harrison married for a second time in 2003. She has three grown-up children and six grandchildren. She is President of Morden and District Writers' Circle and a member of the Morden Players drama group, both based in Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, where she lives.

Writings

Novels A Flower that's Free, 1984 Flowers of the Field, 1980 Hot Breath, 1985 An Imperfect Lady, 1988 Cold Feet, 1989 The Forests of the Night, 1991 Foreign Parts, 1992 Be an Angel, 1993 Both Your Houses, 1995 Life after Lunch, 1996 Flowers won't Fax, 1997 That Was Then, 1998 Heaven's on Hold, 1999 The Divided Heart, 2002 The Grass Memorial, 2002 A Dangerous Thing, 2002 The Dreaming Stones, 2003 Swan Music, 2005 The Next Room, 2005 The Nightingale's Nest, 2006 The Red Dress, 2006 A Spell of Swallows, 2007 The Hawk? Rose Petal Soup, 2008 Matters Arising, 2009 Returning the Favour, 2010 Secrets of our Hearts, 2011 The Wildflower Path, 2013 All the Things, 2016 The Rose in Winter, 2017 Heart's Ease, 2019

Children's books In Granny's Garden, 1980 Laura and Old Lumber, 1986 Laura and Edmund, 1986 Laura and the Squire, 1986 Laura and the Lady, 1986

Non-fiction How to Write a Blockbuster, 1995

Other work Contribution to the Sexy Shorts short story collection. A regular contributor to the BBC Radio 4 discussion programme Stop the Week.