Sarah P. Blanchard

Sarah P. Blanchard is a novelist, short story writer, and poet living in northeastern Connecticut. She taught English and communications at the University of Hawaii-Hilo and creative writing at the University of North Carolina-Asheville.
Her debut novel, Drawn from Life, won several awards including a 2025 Independent Press Award for New Adult Fiction. It was shortlisted for The Letter Review’s 2024 unpublished novel award.
Recognized for her short fiction, Sarah won the 1992 National League of American Pen Women's Dorothy Daniels Fiction Award. She was selected as a finalist for the 2024 Porch Prize for Fiction, and the 2021 Doris Betts Short Fiction Award.
She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Connecticut and an M.B.A. from Nichols College. Grabtown is informed by her experience as a volunteer firefighter and a radio news reporter, and her life in an old New England mill town that closely resembles the setting for Grabtown.
Publications: Drawn from Life (2024, novel); Playing Chess with Bulls (2023, short story collection); river, horse, morning (2024, poetry chapbook).