Sara Baume

Sara Baume (born 1984) is an Irish novelist. She was named on Granta magazine's "Best of Young British Novelists" list 2023.

Biography
Her father is of English descent while her mother is of Irish descent. As her parents travelled around in a caravan, Sara Baume was born "on the road to Wigan Pier". When she was four years old, they moved to County Cork, Ireland. She studied fine art at Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design and creative writing at Trinity College, Dublin from where she was awarded her MPhil. She has received a Literary Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her books are published by Tramp Press in Ireland and Heinemann in Britain.

In 2015, she participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, IA.

In 2023, she was named on Granta's Best of Young British Novelists list, compiled every 10 years since 1983, to identify the 20 most significant British novelists aged under 40.

Novels

 * Spill Simmer Falter Wither. Dublin: Tramp Press, 2015. ISBN 9780992817060,
 * A Line Made by Walking. Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. ISBN 9780544716957, (named for the Richard Long sculpture, "A Line Made by Walking")
 * Handiwork. Dublin: Tramp Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1916434257,
 * Seven Steeples. Dublin: Tramp Press, 2022. ISBN 9781916291485

Awards

 * Davy Byrne's Short Story Award for Solesearcher1, 2014
 * Hennessy New Irish Writing Award, 2015
 * Rooney Prize for Literature, 2015
 * Irish Book Award Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year for Spill Simmer Falter Wither, 2015
 * Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, for Spill Simmer Falter Wither, 2015
 * Kate O’Brien Award for Spill Simmer Falter Wither, 2016
 * Folio Prize, shortlisted for handiwork, 2021