# Sarah Gerard

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**Sarah Gerard** is an American writer of fiction and nonfiction. She worked for [Bomb Magazine](/source/Bomb_(magazine)).[1] She is the author of three books. The first, a novel, *Binary Star*, was published in 2015 by [Two Dollar Radio](/source/Two_Dollar_Radio).[2] It was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction,[3] and was listed as a best book of the year by NPR[4] and *Vanity Fair*.[5] It received positive reviews in GQ[6] and *The New York Times*.[7]

Her essay collection, *Sunshine State*, was published in 2017.[8] A second novel, *True Love,* was published by HarperCollins in 2020.[9]

## Writing career

Gerard’s writing has been included in the anthologies *We Can’t Help It If We’re From Florida*,[10] *Retro 4: Selections from Joyland Magazine*,[11] and *Best Short Stories from the Saturday Evening Post* (2015).[12] Her short stories, essays, interviews, and criticism have appeared in *[Granta](/source/Granta)*,[13] *[The Baffler](/source/The_Baffler)*,[14] *[New York Magazine](/source/New_York_(magazine))*, The Paris Review Daily, *BOMB Magazine*,[15] Vice,[16] *[Bookforum](/source/Bookforum)*,[17] and Joyland. She has written two monthly columns for the online journal, Hazlitt.[18] Her column Mouthful chronicled her relationship with food ten years into recovery from anorexia and bulimia, and was illustrated by her paper collages.[19] Gerard published Recycle, a co-authored book of collages and text, with the independent art press Pacific, in 2018.[20] She has taught creative writing at [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University)[21] and [Sarah Lawrence College](/source/Sarah_Lawrence_College),[22] and was the 2018 – 2019 Writer-in-Residence at [New College of Florida](/source/New_College_of_Florida).[23]

On June 1, 2021, she was named a winner of the [Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize](/source/Jim_Duggins_Outstanding_Mid-Career_Novelists'_Prize) from the [Lambda Literary Foundation](/source/Lambda_Literary_Foundation).[24]

## Personal life

Gerard is the daughter of Florida politician [Pat Gerard](/source/Patricia_Gerard).

Gerard attended The [New School](/source/New_School), where she received an MFA.[25]

## Bibliography

- *Things I Told My Mother* (2013)
- *Binary Star* (2015)
- *BFF* (2015)
- *Sunshine State* (2017)
- *Recycle* (2018)
- *True Love* (2020)
- *The Butter House* (2023)
- *Carrie Carolyn Coco* (2024)

## References

1. Goldstein, Caroline (13 January 2015). ["Sarah Gerard, Author of 'Binary Star,' on Astronomy, Obsession, Art, and Community"](http://www.bustle.com/articles/57464-sarah-gerard-author-of-binary-star-on-astronomy-obsession-art-and-community). Bustle. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223909/http://www.bustle.com/articles/57464-sarah-gerard-author-of-binary-star-on-astronomy-obsession-art-and-community) 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

1. ["Binary Star"](https://twodollarradio.com/products/binary-star?variant=1016476305). *Two Dollar Radio*. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. ["Los Angeles Times | Festival of Books"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170519223734/http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/book-prizes-previous-winners/). *Festival of Books*. Archived from [the original](http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/book-prizes-previous-winners/) on 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. Gerard, Sarah (2015). [*Binary Star*](https://www.npr.org/books/titles/376165928/binary-star). Two Dollar Radio. ISBN 9781937512255.

1. Jones, Nicole. ["The Best Books of 2015 for Gifting. . . and Hoarding"](https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/12/best-book-gifts-2015). *Vanity Fair*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170730090239/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/12/best-book-gifts-2015) 2017-07-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. Merrigan, Tara Wanda (2015-01-09). ["The Six Best Books of January"](https://www.gq.com/gallery/january-best-books). *GQ*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180706162849/https://www.gq.com/gallery/january-best-books) 2018-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. Riker, Martin (20 February 2015). ["Experimental Fiction"](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/books/review/mark-dotens-the-infernal-and-more.html). *The New York Times*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180706161935/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/books/review/mark-dotens-the-infernal-and-more.html) 2018-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. ["Sunshine State - Sarah Gerard - Paperback"](https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062434876/sunshine-state/). *HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher*. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. Gerard, Sarah (2020-07-07). [*True Love*](https://books.google.com/books?id=MVCrDwAAQBAJ). HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-293742-1.

1. ["We Can't Help It If We're From Florida"](http://burrowpress.com/product/sink/). *Burrow Press*. 2017-07-11. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180706193935/http://burrowpress.com/product/sink/) 2018-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. Apekina, Katya et al. (ed.) (2014-06-01). *Retro 4: Selections from Joyland Magazine*. lulu.com. ISBN 9781312240964.

1. Slon, Steven (ed.). [*Best Short Stories from The Saturday Evening Post 2015*](https://www.amazon.com/Best-Short-Stories-Saturday-Evening-ebook/dp/B00RDR58DM/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20241212074957/https://www.amazon.com/Best-Short-Stories-Saturday-Evening-ebook/dp/B00RDR58DM/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8) 2024-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. ["Sarah Gerard"](https://granta.com/contributor/sarah-gerard/). *Granta Magazine*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161125131911/https://granta.com/contributor/sarah-gerard/) 2016-11-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. ["Stormbound | Sarah Gerard"](https://thebaffler.com/latest/stormbound-gerard). *The Baffler*. 2017-09-22. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200906185733/https://thebaffler.com/latest/stormbound-gerard) 2020-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. ["Sarah Gerard"](https://bombmagazine.org/authors/sarah-gerard). *BOMB Magazine*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180706190940/https://bombmagazine.org/authors/sarah-gerard) 2018-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. ["Sarah Gerard"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180706191553/https://www.vice.com/en_us/contributor/sarah-gerard). *Vice*. Archived from [the original](https://www.vice.com/en_us/contributor/sarah-gerard) on July 6, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. Gerard, Sarah. ["The Summer of the Elder Tree by Marie Chaix"](https://www.bookforum.com/review/12031). *Bookforum*. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. ["Sarah Gerard"](https://hazlitt.net/tags/sarah-gerard). *Hazlitt*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180706190802/https://hazlitt.net/tags/sarah-gerard) 2018-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. ["Mouthful"](https://hazlitt.net/category/mouthful). *Hazlitt*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180706190512/https://hazlitt.net/category/mouthful) 2018-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. ["Recycle"](http://www.pacificpacific.pub/shop/recycle). *Pacific*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180706190716/http://www.pacificpacific.pub/shop/recycle) 2018-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. ["Sarah Gerard"](https://arts.columbia.edu/profiles/sarah-gerard). *Columbia - School of the Arts*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180622205749/https://arts.columbia.edu/profiles/sarah-gerard) 2018-06-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. ["Sarah Gerard"](https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/faculty/gerard-sarah.html). Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. ["Writers-in-Residence"](https://www.ncf.edu/about/our-campus/special-programs/writers-in-residence/). *New College of Florida*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180706190743/https://www.ncf.edu/about/our-campus/special-programs/writers-in-residence/) 2018-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

1. Leah Rachel Van Essen, ["Announcing The Winners of the 2021 Lambda Literary Awards"](https://bookriot.com/2021-lambda-literary-awards/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220120084551/https://bookriot.com/2021-lambda-literary-awards/) 2022-01-20 at the Wayback Machine. *Book Riot*, June 2, 2021.

1. ["INTERVIEW: Sarah Gerard, author of Binary Star – Electric Literature"](https://electricliterature.com/interview-sarah-gerard-author-of-binary-star-52ed86d3075c). *Electric Literature*. 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

## External links

- [Official website](http://sarah-gerard.com)

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