Sarah Strohmeyer
{{Short description|American novelist (born 1962)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|12|17}}
| birth_place = Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| occupation = Writer, novelist
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = Tufts University
| period = 20th and 21st centuries
| notableworks = Bubbles Yablonsky Series The Cinderella Pact
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Sarah Strohmeyer (born December 17, 1962) is an American author of eighteen crime novels and humorous books about relations between men and women. She is best known for her Bubbles Yablonsky series about a Pennsylvania hairdresser who is drawn into solving various crimes and murders.
Early life and education
Strohmeyer grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She attended Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where she graduated with a degree in international relations.
Career
After graduation, Strohmeyer began work as a journalist for Home News Tribune in New Brunswick, New Jersey, The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, and later Valley News.{{cite book|last=Blakesley|first=Elizabeth A|title=Great Women Mystery Writers|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood|isbn=0313334285|pages=240}}
In 1997, Strohmeyer published Barbie Unbound, which she wrote in response to her seeing several mothers refuse to allow their children to play with the doll due to it being perceived as being a "bimbo".{{cite news|last=Imbrie|first=Kathleen|title=Barbie Gets Another Look|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jboaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RS4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5411,968058&dq=sarah-strohmeyer&hl=en|accessdate=7 October 2012|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=11 November 1997}}
Strohmeyer's book The Cinderella Pact was reviewed by The Roanoke Times.{{cite web|title=Sarah Strohmeyer takes 'Bubbles' way beyond Bethlehem|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mcall/access/653776981.html?dids=653776981:653776981&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+20%2C+2004&author=Rosa+Salter+Special+to+The+Morning+Call+-+Freelance&pub=Morning+Call&desc=Sarah+Strohmeyer+takes+%27Bubbles%27+way+beyond+Bethlehem&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131192949/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mcall/access/653776981.html?dids=653776981:653776981&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+20,+2004&author=Rosa+Salter+Special+to+The+Morning+Call+-+Freelance&pub=Morning+Call&desc=Sarah+Strohmeyer+takes+'Bubbles'+way+beyond+Bethlehem&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|publisher=Morning Call|accessdate=7 October 2012}}{{cite web|title=FOR FANS OF EDGY CHICK-LIT|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RO&p_theme=ro&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1133BB2CDD7E8598&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|work=Roanoke Times|accessdate=7 October 2012}} The book was later turned into a 2010 movie, Lying to be Perfect, which aired on Lifetime.
=Awards=
- 2001 Agatha Award, Best First Novel for Bubbles Unbound{{cite web|url=http://www.malicedomestic.org/agathaawards_past.html|title=Past Agatha Award Winners & Nominees|publisher=Malice Domestic Ltd.|accessdate=2 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412020049/http://www.malicedomestic.org/agathaawards_past.html|archivedate=12 April 2010}}
Bibliography
=Bubbles Yablonsky series=
- Bubbles Unbound (2001)
- Bubbles in Trouble (2002)
- Bubbles Ablaze (2003)
- Bubbles a Broad (2004)
- Bubbles Betrothed (2005)
- Bubbles All The Way (2006)
- ‘'Bubbles Reboots'’ (2018)
=Stand-alone novels=
- The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives (2005)
- The Cinderella Pact (2006)
- The Sleeping Beauty Proposal (2007)
- Sweet Love (2008)
- The Penny Pinchers Club (2009)
- Kindred Spirits (2011)
- Smart Girls Get What They Want (2012)
- How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True (2013)
- The Secrets of Lily Graves (2014)
- This Is My Brain on Boys (2016)
=Non-fiction=
- Barbie Unbound: A Parody of the Barbie Obsession (1997)
Personal life
Strohmeyer has two grown children and lives in Middlesex, Vermont with her husband. She is currently the town clerk.{{cite news|last=Lilly|first=Amy|title=Chick-Lit Hit|url=http://www.7dvt.com/2008chick-lit-hit|accessdate=15 May 2013|newspaper=Seven Days|date=17 September 2008}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sarahstrohmeyer|title=Sarah Strohmeyer|accessdate=15 May 2013|last=Strohmeyer|first=Sarah}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.sarahstrohmeyer.com/ Official website]
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:American women novelists
Category:Novelists from Pennsylvania
Category:Tufts University alumni