Sarah Z. Sleeper
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry
Sarah Z. Sleeper’s debut novel, Gaijin, came out in 2020 to glowing reviews. Her short story, “A Few Innocuous Lines,” won an award from Writer’s Digest. Her non-fiction essay, “On Getting Vivian,” was published in The Shanghai Literary Review. Her poetry was published in A Year in Ink and Painters & Poets, and exhibited at the Bellarmine Museum. Prior to completing her MFA in 2012, she had a twenty-year career as a business writer and won three journalism awards. She’s currently working on a book of linked short stories set in Northern Michigan. To stay connected to her local San Diego literary community, she writes a newspaper column about authors, conducts author interviews for a local bookstore, and teaches poetry classes.