About Sarah Blake:
Sarah Blake is an American writer based in Washington D.C. Her debut novel Grange House, set in Victorian era Maine, was published in 2001. Her second, The Postmistress, a story set in Second World War Massachusetts and London, was published in 2010. Blake taught school and college-level English in Colorado and New York for several years and has taught fiction workshops at institutions including the University of Maryland and George Washington University. The Postmistress received a favourable review from The New York Times, which compared it to Kathryn Stockett's The Help. She is married to poet Joshua Weiner.