Sara just finished picking new asparagus on the Pendleton farm near Lawrence, KS.
The work of Sara’s Japanese translator, Yayoi Yamamoto, has been highly praised for its literary quality and unusual linguistic skill.
Sara, her granddaughter, and golden retriever Callie spoil Grandpapa Courtenay’s hard work with the leaves.
Mystery Writers of America Meeting
VI is Back T-Shirt
Sara with Callie
Bleeding Kansas is based on Sara’s experiences as a child Kansas. This is the home she grew up in.
Sara with her dog, Callie in the garden
Andy Smith and Kerry Hood, shown outside the BBC in London, are teaching Sara to bet. They’re about to put her first horse racing bet into the mail.
Granddaughter Maia wants to devote her life to rescuing elephants.
Sara on the Pendleton Farm where she did much of her research for Bleeding Kansas. Her brother Jonathan is on her right; her husband Courtenay is on her left.
Sara’s Husband, Courtenay Wright
Sara’s husband, Courtenay Wright, in the dress uniform of the Royal Navy. The picture was taken shortly before he sailed to Omaha Beach as a Radar Signal Officer aboard the HMS Apollo in 1944.
After a fire in the Durham County, NC Library shed, Supervisor Ronald Butler and Fire Marshall Michael Webb hold a rescued copy of Fire Sale.
