Sara is a novelist, screenwriter, and broadcaster. After studying law at the London School of Economics, she qualified as a barrister in 1994 and worked as a lawyer for seventeen years. In 2016, Sara obtained an MSt in Creative Writing with distinction from Cambridge University, where she was the recipient of the Michael Holroyd prize. She is the author of THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON, which was published in 2019 by Penguin in the UK and Harper Collins in the US to critical acclaim. The novel was
a Times bestseller, has been sold for translation into more than fifteen languages, and made an appearance in ‘best of’ lists by O, The Oprah Magazine, The Guardian, The Observer, Amazon, Apple, and Essence, to name a few. It was shortlisted for the OCM Bocas Prize, a British Book Award, and won the Costa First Novel Award. The novel was adapted for television by Drama Republic and ITV in 2023, for which Sara served as screenwriter and an executive producer. Sara is also a literary critic, writing for The Guardian and The Washington Post, among others. She has been a frequent contributor and guest host on BBC Radio 4, as well as a co-host of the Graham Norton Book Club on Audible.
She has judged the Baillie Gifford Prize, the Nero Book Awards, and the Betty Trask Prize. She is a judge for the 2024 Booker Prize.