a self portrait of Sarah with her bird muse on her shoulder

Sarah Raymond is a writer, illustrator and professional daydreamer. Her teaching career has led to a line of illustrated language-learning resources. She finds inspiration from people-watching, retro design and folk art.

Sarah has a fine arts degree from the University of Waterloo, as well as a teaching degree. She’s also a grad from the Humber School for Writers, and her short stories have appeared journals and collections. Her young adult novel Signs of Martha was published by Great Plains Publications.

Sarah was born in California, but her family moved to Canada when she was a wee babe, and has lived in southwestern Ontario ever since. She has two fairly grown-up yet still incredibly cute kids. She currently lives and walks the dogger in Hamilton, Ontario.