Award-winning author Sarah Winifred Searle originally hails from spooky New England, USA and now lives in sunny Perth, Australia. They write and draw comics and prose, exploring themes of identity, health, relationships, and history across many genres. Their graphic novels include SINCERELY, HARRIET (Graphic Universe 2019);PATIENCE & ESTHER: AN EDWARDIAN ROMANCE (Iron Circus 2021); WHO WASTHE GIRL WARRIOR OF FRANCE?: JOAN OF ARC (Penguin Who HQ 2022); and THE GREATEST THING (First Second 2022).Up next are picture book CHUBBYBUNNY (HarperCollins Balzer+ Bray2023), adult graphic novel RUINED (First Second2023), and YA graphic novel THE SWEETNESS BETWEEN US (First Second 2024).Honors include being shortlisted for the Outstanding Story Ignatz Award and the Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize, plus winning three silver Comic Arts Awards of Australia. THEGREATEST THING is a Lammy Award and CBCA Book of the Year finalist, and a Prime Minister’s Literary Award winner. Find SWS around the web: swinsea.com/links
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