Sara Barnard

BritishContemporary FictionYoung Adult (YA)

Sara Barnard is a British author known for her young adult fiction. She studied American Literature with Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Her books often explore themes of friendship, anxiety, first love, and the complexities of growing up. Barnard lives in Brighton, England, and has mentioned that she does her best writing on trains. She believes that sad books are good for the soul and happy books lift the heart, aiming to write books that do both.

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Awards

['YA Book Prize (2019) for Goodbye, Perfect']

Notable Works

['Beautiful Broken Things', 'A Quiet Kind of Thunder', 'Goodbye, Perfect', 'Destination Anywhere', 'Fierce Fragile Hearts', 'Where the Light Goes', 'Something Certain, Maybe', 'This Song Is About Us', 'Here We Are at the End']