Sarah Winman (born 1964) is a British actress and author. In 2011 her debut novel When God Was a Rabbit became an international bestseller and won Winman several awards including New Writer of the Year in the Galaxy National Book Awards.
The Persians (2025) Sanam Mahloudji "The Persians is an ambitious, glorious feat of juggling. Five women's voices become one irresistible whole in this darkly funny, richly satisfying, wonderful debut."
Frankie (2024) Graham Norton "I was enthralled by Frankie from page one. It's a beauty. A warm, deeply moving, life-enhancing novel."
Passiontide (2024) Monique Roffey "Passiontide is a bold rallying cry of a novel. Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it."
Glorious Exploits (2024) Ferdia Lennon "As thrilling for me as the first time I picked up a Kevin Barry novel. Glorious Exploits is exuberant, funny, lyrical and profoundly moving. It is, quite simply, a rare beauty."
Mrs S (2023) K Patrick "A story so seductively and intelligently observed that its pulse continues long after the final page. To dismantle a certain queer narrative into something else is rare and thrilling. I haven't read anything quite like it. Yes. I loved it."
Strange Sally Diamond (2023) Liz Nugent "Liz Nugent dares to go where many won't. What a compelling storyteller she is. Always challenging. I laughed out loud only to recoil from my laughter as the story unfolded. For this is wickedly dark territory.And yet amidst the darkness, she allows a light to glimmer - that of a diamond."
The Whalebone Theatre (2022) Joanna Quinn "The Whalebone Theatre has all the makings of a classic. And Cristabel Seagrave is the most gratifying hero. The war scenes often left me breathless: they are as good as you will ever read. A wonderful debut. Actually, a tour de force."
Complicit (2022) Winnie M Li "Winnie's skill as a writer is to forge out of a familiar film story one that is beautifully unique. It haunted me when I was away from it. An emotionally complex story, it ripples with foreboding and tension. Utterly compulsive reading."
Mother's Boy (2022) Patrick Gale "Mother's Boy is further proof that Patrick Gale is that rare kind of storyteller - utterly engaging, compelling and unputdownable."
Devotion (2022) Hannah Kent "Such a glorious love story. And the poetry of the landscape had, for me, a Whitmanesque sensibility. A mighty impassioned cry to love and the land."
Moth (2021) Melody Razak "I adored Moth. It's rare for a writer to appear fully-formed, but that's how I see Melody Razak: this is a remarkable novel and one of the best debuts I've ever read. It made my heart swell."
Miss Benson's Beetle (2020) Rachel Joyce "Rachel Joyce is a masterful storyteller, and has written the perfect book for these times. Funny, perceptive, and life-enhancing—I urge you to read it."
(b.1964)
