Sarah Addison Allen

Sarah Addison Allen is an American novelist known for blending magical realism with contemporary Southern fiction. Her breakout novel Garden Spells became a New York Times bestseller and she has published several popular novels including The Sugar Queen, The Girl Who Chased the Moon, First Frost, The Peach Keeper, Lost Lake, and Other Birds. Raised in Asheville, North Carolina, she often sets her stories in the American South and explores themes of family, community, and the subtle presence of the extraordinary in everyday life.