Readers want a story, not a pattern. It's the specifics of a story that make it really ping our various reader radars. Sara Zarr makepatternping Change image and share on social
My books have been translated into various languages and sold in other countries, but I never have any contact with the foreign publishers and am so disconnected from that process that it seems almost imaginary. With 'How to Save a Life', I worked closely with Usborne editors and have been involved in the publicity. Sara Zarr bookcloselycontact share on social
My books usually end where they began. I try to bring characters back to a point that is familiar but different because of the growth that they have gone through. Sara Zarr backbeginbook Change image and share on social
I wouldn't say I'm stuck in my adolescence, but I think, like a lot of people, I carry my teen years with me. I feel really in touch with those feelings, and how intense and complicated life seems in those years. Sara Zarr adolescencecarrycomplicate share on social
My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing. There was a lot of Mozart and the Beatles. Sara Zarr beatlesclassicalconductor Change image and share on social