BRIEF BIO:

Sarah has published over thirty short stories, one of which won a Derringer Award for Best Long Story. Her noir novella, Cleaning Up Finn with All Due Respect Books, was an Anthony finalist and IPPY Award winner. She’s the co-editor of several anthologies, including Avenging Angelenos from the Sisters in Crime, Los Angeles chapter. She’s written essays and reviews for several publications, including the Los Angeles Review of Books and Mixed Asian Media, among others.

BACKGROUND:

Sarah M. Chen graduated cum laude from UCLA with a B.A. in Communications and an M.A. in Communications – TV/Film from Cal State Fullerton. After that she did exactly what her parents did not want her to do: work a series of part-time jobs ranging from studio script reader to bartender. She continues this trend today as a transcriber and private investigator assistant.

In addition to writing crime fiction, Sarah also published a children’s chapter book set in Taiwan called Superbeetle under a pen name. Currently, she’s querying her YA thriller and is working on a New Adult mystery set in the world of reality television on a college campus.

You can find Sarah on Blue Sky, Instagram, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon, and Medium. She has a health/wellness and travel site at SoCal Sarah Writes. Sarah is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Crime Writers of Color, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.