Sarah Crossan - Children's Author

Sarah Crossan is Irish. She graduated with a degree in philosophy and literature before training as an English and drama teacher at Cambridge University and has been working to promote creative writing in schools since. She teaches English at a small private school near New York. She completed her Masters in creative writing at the University of Warwick in 2003 and in 2010 received an Edward Albee Fellowship for writing.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Sarah Crossan

The Weight of Water
Sarah Crossan
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013   The Weight of Water is a startlingly original piece of fiction written in verse; most simply a brilliant coming of age story.  First love, friendship and quiet courage combine in this spare and...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Breathe
Sarah Crossan
Mad Max for the eco-generation it's a superalative dystopian thriller about courage and freedom, with a love story at its heart. There are 'haves' and 'have nots' - those who can afford oxygen to live and those that can't. But...
Featured in: 14+ readers | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 11/10/2012
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The Weight of Water
Sarah Crossan
The Weight of Water is a startlingly original piece of fiction written in verse; most simply a brilliant coming of age story.  First love, friendship and quiet courage combine in this spare and beautiful story that will leave you sad,...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Debuts of the Month | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/01/2012
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