Author Sarah Grace McCandless
Born in Chicago, raised in the suburbs of Detroit, served time in DC and NYC, but now (once again) calling Portland, Oregon home.
Author of two novels, both published by Simon & Schuster. Adapted second book for the screen and currently working on a memoir, as well as producing a new podcast for New York Times best-selling author Kwame Alexander.
Creator of the Hopeless Semantic project, a visual curation of words and my reaction to them, inspired by their true definitions and deeper intentions.
Contributor of essays, short fiction, and feature articles for several publications and anthologies, including Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves.
Writing by Writers Mill House Residency recipient.
Mortified performer and producer. Back Fence PDX storyteller. Fiction and creative writing instructor at Gotham Writers Workshop and Mediabistro.
Celebrity crushing on Tina Fey, Kerry Washington, Christina Hendricks, Ira Glass, Tim Gunn, Padma Lakshmi, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Lover of Halloween, infomercials, drugstores, things with owls on them, Vega Dance Lab, and dogs. All dogs. Proud dog mom of my rescue pup, Gilda Radner, a blue-eyed Corgi-Terrier mix.
Foes include cottage cheese, humidity, riding in the back seat, and bare feet.
Guilty pleasures roll call: Sanders Bumpy Cake, Vernors, Utz's Cheese Curls, KFC Mashed Potatoes & Gravy. Not necessarily at the same time.
Fan of staccato sentences. Your new best friend.