Sarah stewart author biography worksheet

Born in Corpus Christi, Sarah Stewart spent most of her early life in Texas. As a child, her favorite pursuits were digging and daydreaming in her grandmother’s gardens, or reading and writing poetry in a large closet in her parents’ house.

Solitude was her best friend, so school was overwhelming. Nevertheless, she fell in love in English class with Blake, Dickinson, and Whitman.

Even after many years in college studying Latin and philosophy, and many moves away from Texas, gardening and writing remain at the center of her life.

Sarah stewart author biography worksheet pdf

With the help of Amish neighbors, Sarah has restored the gardens, orchard, and grounds of the historic Michigan home which she shares with her husband, David Small. She still studies Latin every day and one of her most prized possessions is the Oxford English Dictionary.

She says, “I am still the same day-dreamy, shy child who, more than anything else wanted to write some sequence of elegant language that would, upon being read, change the world.”

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