Portrait of Sarah Claxton by Joy Masi

Hi…

I’m Sarah. I’m a children’s writer living in Philadelphia. I write about main characters behaving badly, who you’ll fall in love with anyways. My background is in photography, and I still create art in all forms as much as possible. My main art form is writing, but I’m passionate about all the ways to tell a story.

I love to write! I’m a member of SCBWI I’ve attended many seminars thought them, as well as Big Sur and Highlights Writers Workshops. In 2022 I was a RUCCL mentee and won a scholarship to the Middle Grade Novel workshop at Highlights, run by Erin Entrada Kelly and Laurel Snyder. In 2024 I was awarded a Silver Level scholarship to 12x12 Challenge and have been invited to the PJ Library Summer Camp, which I can’t wait for.