Sarah McCoy

Sarah McCoy
McCoy at the 2015 Texas Book Festival.
Born 1980
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Occupation Author
Nationality American
Website
sarahmccoy.com

Sarah McCoy (born 1980) is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling American novelist.

Early life and education

The daughter of a career Army officer, McCoy was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky, but grew up on or near military installations, including Frankfurt, Germany; Aberdeen, Maryland; Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, and various cities in Virginia. She attended Virginia Tech where she received her BA in Journalism and Public Relations. She earned her MFA in English Creative Writing from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

Career

McCoy's master's degree thesis was her debut novel The Time It Snowed In Puerto Rico (Random House, 2009). Her second novel The Baker’s Daughter (Crown, 2012) was a New York Times bestseller,[1] a USA Today bestseller and an international bestseller. Her novella "The Branch of Hazel" is included in the WWII anthology Grand Central: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion (Penguin, 2014). Her third novel The Mapmaker's Children was released by Crown on May 5, 2015.[2][3] Her fourth novel Marilla is forthcoming from William Morrow/Harper Collins.

McCoy's writing has appeared in Real Simple, The Millions, Your Health Monthly, and the Huffington Post. She has taught English writing at Old Dominion University and at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Personal

McCoy and her husband, an orthopedic sports surgeon, live in Chicago, Illinois.[4]

Novels

  • The Time It Snowed In Puerto Rico, Random House, 2009[5]
  • The Baker's Daughter, Crown, 2012[6]
  • The Branch of Hazel (a novella) in the anthology Grand Central, Penguin, 2014
  • The Mapmaker's Children, Crown, 2015.[7][8]
  • Proof of Providence, published only in French (Le souffle des feuilles et des promesses), Michel Lafon, 2017.
  • Marilla of Green Gables, Harper Collins, 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "Melding past and present: Best-selling El Paso writer ready to promote new novel". By Ramón Rentería / El Paso Times April 25, 2015
  2. ↑ " The Mapmaker's Children". Bookpage, by Marianne Peters
  3. ↑ "The Mapmaker’s Children". Pblishers Weekly
  4. ↑ "Passion for words: Author's love affair with writing leads to success". Victor R. Martinez \ El Paso Times June 14, 2011
  5. ↑ "The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico ". Publishers Weekly.
  6. ↑ "Book Review: The Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy" Peek Between the Pages, August 29th, 2012
  7. ↑ "Fiction review: ‘The Mapmaker’s Children,’ by Sarah McCoy". Dallas Morning News
  8. ↑ "In ‘The Mapmaker’s Children,’ John Brown’s daughter gets her due". Washington Post. Carol Memmott May 12, 2015.
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