Sarah L. Hawthorn

Canadian speculative fiction writer, research-buff, and frog-enthusiast.

A photo of Sarah standing on a seaweed-covered beach. She is wearing a black beanie with an embroidered ghost, gold circular glasses, and a green knit sweater. The ocean is behind her, with a small island on the horizon line with a single lighthouse.

Sarah L. Hawthorn (she/they) is a Canadian horror, historical, and speculative fiction writer. Her short fiction has been featured in The Arcanist and the Queer Blades anthology by From the Farther Trees Press. Her creative non-fiction is featured in Heartline Spec.

Sarah enjoys writing both short fiction and novels, as well as painting watercolour and swimming. She recently moved back to her hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia, a maritime locale she loves to write spooky stories about.

Her debut novel, THE DROWNED COAST, is slated for Fall 2025 with Sourcebooks.

Fiction

I love to write speculative and historical fiction, especially gothic fiction. For literary inquiries, I am represented by Larissa Melo Pienkowski at Jill Grinberg Literary.

Some of my favourite writers and biggest influences include Jeff VanderMeer, R. F. Kuang, Sarah Gailey, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Shelley Parker-Chan, Shirley Jackson, and Caitlin Starling.

You can find my full bibliography on my Fiction page.