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Sarah Crossan

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born

January 04, 1981

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Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Books

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October 2011

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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 worked to promote creative writing in schools before leaving teaching to write full time.

She completed her Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Warwick in 2003 and in 2010 received an Edward Albee Fellowship for writing.

The Weight of Water, published by Bloomsbury in January 2012, is her first novel.

Breathe will be published by Greenwillow and Bloomsbury in October 2012.

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Books by Sarah Crossan

Average rating: 4.18 · 90 ratings · 33 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Breathe (Breathe, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 46 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Weight of Water 3.87 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Untitled (Breathe, #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013	My rating:

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Breathe (2 books)
by Sarah Crossan (Goodreads Author)

4.46 avg rating — 46 ratings

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I Think I Love You

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The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)

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The Waves

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Sarah is currently reading: I Think I Love You by Allison Pearson	My rating:
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Sarah marked as to-read: Level 2 (The Memory Chronicles, #1) by Lenore Appelhans (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Sarah liked Georgia's review of The Weight of Water: " Wow. The Weight Of Water was a quick read! (an hour!) but it was beautiful. Poetry is a beautiful thing. Free verse especially so you can make it your own special something. I fell in love with one special chapter though, "Love is a Large W Love is... " Read more of this review »
May 30, 2012 05:39am · see review
Sarah made a comment on Casey Hudson's review of The Weight of Water "Thank you so much for your review. Sarah "
May 20, 2012 10:04am · see review
Sarah liked Casey Hudson's review of The Weight of Water: " Kasienka is 12, an only child, and an immigrant. Brought to England by her hopeful mother—in search of the man who abandoned them—"Cassie" experiences her coming of age in confusion... and in verse. This unique approach to storytelling is part of w... " Read more of this review »
May 20, 2012 10:04am · see review
Sarah is currently reading: The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness	My rating:
May 14, 2012 04:51pm
Sarah gave to: The Clothes On Their Backs by Linda Grant read in May, 2012	My rating:
May 14, 2012 04:49pm
Sarah added: The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies	My rating:
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Sarah added: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
May 06, 2012 09:37am
Sarah liked Helen Douglas's review of The Weight of Water: " Beautiful and moving. "
May 01, 2012 06:01am · see review