Sarah Winman

{{short description|British author and actress (born 1964)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Sarah Winman

| image = Sarah Winman at Durham Book Festival.jpg

| caption = Winman at the 2017 Durham Book Festival

| birth_name = Sarah Winman

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|12|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ilford, Essex, England

| nationality = British

| occupation = Novelist and Actress

| years_active = 1987–present

}}

Sarah Winman (born 24 December 1964) is a British author and actress.{{cite web |title=About The Author |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/Sarah-Winman |website=Foyles UK |accessdate=6 October 2018}}

Biography

In 2011, Winman's debut novel, When God Was a Rabbit (2011), became an international bestseller and won Winman several awards including New Writer of the Year in the Galaxy National Book Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.galaxynationalbookawards.com/winners2011.asp?|title=2011 Galaxy National Book Awards – The Winners|work=galaxynationalbookawards.com|accessdate=29 January 2012}}

Winman's second novel, A Year of Marvellous Ways (2015), was published on 18 June 2015.Headline Publishing Group (2016). A Year of Marvellous Ways – Sarah Winman. Headline Books. Retrieved from https://www.headline.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780755390946.

Winman's third novel, Tin Man,{{cite web |title=Review 'Tin Man' |url=http://www.startribune.com/review-tin-man-by-sarah-winman/482324391/ |website=Star Tribune |date=11 May 2018 |accessdate=6 October 2018}} was published on 27 July 2017 and shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Book Awards.{{cite web |title=Sarah Winman Tin Man |url=https://www.headline.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780755390953 |website=Headline UK |accessdate=6 October 2018}}

Winman's fourth novel, Still Life, was published on 1 June 2021.

Winman is an openly lesbian woman, who came out in the early 80’s. {{cite web|url=https://www.matildabookshop.com.au/sarah-winman|title=Sarah Winman Q&A}}

Acting credits

References

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Bibliography

  • {{citation | last=Winman | first=Sarah | year=2011 | title=When God Was a Rabbit | publisher=Headline Review | isbn=978-0-7553-7928-6 }}
  • {{citation | last=Winman | first=Sarah | year=2015 | title=A Year of Marvellous Ways | publisher=Headline Review | isbn=978-0-7553-9094-6 }}
  • {{citation | last=Winman | first=Sarah | year=2017 | title=Tin Man | publisher=Tinder Press | isbn=978-0-7553-9095-3 }}
  • Winman, Sarah (2021), Still Life, Fourth Estate, {{ISBN|978-0-0082-8336-0}}