Sarah Barr was born in London, studied English at London University, has masters degrees in social sciences and creative writing from Southampton University, and now lives in Dorset where she writes fiction and poetry, leads writing groups, and works as a mentor. She has worked as a counsellor and as an Open University tutor of social sciences and creative writing. Her short stories have been published in anthologies, including in The Cinnamon Review of Short Fiction, The Momaya Press Short Story Review and Wooing Mr Wickham (Honno Modern Fiction), and in magazines including The Yellow Room, Woman’s Weekly, The Lady and online with Fairlight Books. Her poetry pamphlet January was published in 2020.