{"id":26,"date":"2012-06-26T12:14:41","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T12:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2018-10-30T09:03:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T09:03:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/final-pic_cropped2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-177 alignleft\" title=\"final pic_cropped2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/final-pic_cropped2.jpg\" alt=\"picture of sarah\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/final-pic_cropped2.jpg 384w, http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/final-pic_cropped2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/final-pic_cropped2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a>I am a novelist, with an accompanying practice in socially-engaged, place-specific writing. Fascinated by the relationships between stories, places and communities, my work explores identity, belonging, landscape and home. I have a particular interest in urban spaces and urban change.<\/p>\n<p>My first novel, <a title=\"Ten Things\u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/ten-things-ive-learnt-about-love\/\"><em>Ten Things I&#8217;ve Learnt About Love<\/em><\/a>, was published by <a title=\"http:\/\/www.picador.com\/tenthings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.picador.com\/tenthings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Picador<\/a> in 2012 and in fifteen other countries.\u00a0 <a title=\"Before The Fire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/before-the-fire\/\"><em>Before The Fire<\/em><\/a>, was published in 2015. My third novel, <em>Jack and Bet<\/em>, will be published by Picador in spring 2020.<\/p>\n<p>You can click on the links above to find out more about my novels and other published work, and visit the<a title=\"urban words\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> UrbanWords website<\/a> to explore my place-specific writing practice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a novelist, with an accompanying practice in socially-engaged, place-specific writing. Fascinated by the relationships between stories, places and communities, my work explores identity, belonging, landscape and home. I have a particular interest in urban spaces and urban change. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":539,"href":"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.urbanwords.org.uk\/sarah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}