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New York Times, Washington Post & USA Today bestseller Sarah MacLean wrote her first novel on a dare and never looked back. Translated into more than twenty-five languages, the books that make up “The MacLeaniverse” are beloved by readers worldwide.

In addition to her novels, Sarah is a leading advocate for the romance genre, speaking widely on its place as a feminist text and a cultural bellwether. A former columnist for the New York Times, the Washington Post and Bustle, she is a founding board member of Authors Against Book Bans and the co-host of the weekly romance podcast, Fated Mates.

A product of Rhode Island summers and New England Storms, Sarah now lives in New York City.


Press Kit PDF

Offer and subrights inquiries: Holly Root, Root Literary, holly@rootliterary.com
Media and event inquiries: Kristin Dwyer, LEO PR, kdwyer@leoprny.com
Film and television inquiries: Alice Lawson, Gersh Agency, ALawson@gersh.com
Speaking engagements: Christie Hinrichs at Authors Unbound


For a smart, witty and passionate historical romance, I recommend anything by Sarah MacLean.
— Lisa Kleypas, New York Times bestselling author
MacLean writes with an entirely unique blend of elegance and ferocity that bursts from every page.
— Entertainment Weekly
Sharp, sexy, action-packed, propulsive escapism at its absolute finest. We are lucky to be living and breathing in the Sarah Maclean era.
— Christina Lauren, NYT Bestselling Authors of The Unhoneymooners
Sarah MacLean is unparalleled, and I will read anything she writes.
— Emily Henry, #1 NYT Bestselling Author
[Sarah MacLean] springboarded off my assumptions about historical romance novels to execute a real triple backflip of a plot twist.
— Jezebel.com, naming Sarah one of their "Sheroes"
Romance novelist Sarah MacLean has reignited the genre with a bolder edge.
— The New Yorker
One of the leading progressive feminist voices writing romance today. Her work takes on the topics of classism, sexism, racism, police corruption and the normalization of sexual desire.
— Brooklyn Magazine
MacLean is a supremely gifted writer who reads as if she’s a decades-experienced master…She’s certain to become one of the genre’s top historical writers.
— McClatchy-Tribune
Funny, smart, feminist and roastingly hot.
— BookRiot.com

Oh...and this one time, The Stig read her book in Russian:

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