Sarah McCoy
American novelist
Sarah McCoy (born 1980) is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling American novelist.
Early life and education
The daughter of a career Army officer from Oklahoma and a Puerto Rican schoolteacher, McCoy was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky, but grew up on or near military installations, including Stuttgart, Germany; Aberdeen, Maryland; Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, and various locations in Virginia. She attended Virginia Tech where she received her BA in Journalism and Public Relations. She earned her MFA in English Creative Writing from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
Writing
McCoy's master's degree thesis was her debut novel The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico (Random House, 2009). Her second novel The Baker's Daughter (Crown, 2012) was a New York Times bestseller, a USA Today bestseller and an international bestseller. Her novella The Branch of Hazel is included in the WWII anthology Grand Central: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion (Penguin, 2014). Her novel The Mapmaker's Children was released by Crown on May 5, 2015. Marilla of Green Gables released from William Morrow/HarperCollins in 2018 and was a book club pick for USA Today, New York Post, Woman's World, BookBub, PopSugar, Library Journal, and Indie Next List, among other accolades.
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