Sarah Warren’s celebrity picture book, Charlotte and the Nutcracker (Random House, 2021) received a starred review from Kirkus, which called it a “satisfying story of inspiration, dedication, perseverance.” Warren’s debut nonfiction picture book, Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers was picked for the Amelia Bloomer Top Ten Book List and awarded a Jane Addams Peace Association Children’s Book Award honor. Sarah is a former early childhood educator who earned her Master of Arts from Lesley University and graduated from the Loft Literary Center’s Master Track writing apprenticeship program. Sarah’s picture book Beyoncé: Shine Your Light (Houghton/2019) was called “dazzling” by The New York Journal of Books and named a Scholastic pick for Black History Month. School Library Journal called her picture book biography Stacey Abrams: Lift Every Voice (Lee & Low Books 2022) “a powerful vehicle in conveying the importance of participating in a democratic society, especially through exercising the right to vote” and Publisher’s Weekly called her debut fiction picture book Everything a Drum (Amicus 2023) “an inviting endorsement of creative, musical play.” Sarah’s picture books Majora Carter: What Hope Can Do and Marla Spivak: Think Like a Bee are forthcoming from Lee & Low and University of Minnesota Press respectively. Sarah is the co-founder of Picture Book Parade, an organization that hosts storytelling exhibits in nontraditional places. She is a member of the MN BIPOC Kidlit Collective. Sarah and her family live in Minneapolis with their dog, Bruce Valentine. In addition to her website below, you can also find her at picturebookparade.com and www.mnbipockidlit.com
Sarah is represented by Abigail Samoun.
