A Potted History

 She took the hint, and after ten years in various London agencies she turned freelance, got some short stories published by Woman’s Own, and for many years combined life as an author and copywriter. Her first two novels, The Other Half (Orion 2001) and Getting Even (2002) were well received and translated around Europe, but it was her third novel, One Moment, One Morning (Picador 2010) that made the biggest mark in terms of UK sales.

In its first year One Moment One Morning has sold nearly 200,000 copies and this success means Sarah is now able to pursue fiction writing full time. Her eagerly awaited fourth novel, The Two Week Wait, is avialable exclusively in Waterstones in February 2012, and is on sale nationwide in the UK from March 1.

Sarah lives in Brighton with her partner Tom, and, at weekends, his son, Sebastian, aged 13, lives with them too.

Author note: Sarah wishes to thank photographers John Knight and Madelyn Mulvaney for allowing her to use their images on this site, and her nephew Conrad (aged 7) and nieces Rosie (9), Polly (8) and Tess (7) for doing the illustrations.