Sari Wilson

Sari Wilson
Born Saralyn Wilson
New York City
Occupation Writer, Editor
Nationality American
Education BA, Oberlin College
Notable works Girl Through Glass
Spouse Josh Neufeld
Website
www.sariwilson.com

Sari Wilson is an American writer and editor. She has written prose and comics, and is the author of the novel Girl Through Glass.

Biography

Wilson was born in New York City and grew up in Brooklyn Heights. She pursed training in ballet for many years, including with the Harkness Ballet and Eliot Feld's New Ballet School.[1] She attended Packer Collegiate Institute[2] and Oberlin College,[3] graduating with a BA in history.

Wilson and her partner, the cartoonist Josh Neufeld, met at The Nation magazine.[4] Later, they traveled through Southeast Asia and Central Europe, living for almost a year in Prague, the Czech Republic.[5] Wilson spent this time abroad pursuing her interest in writing.

Upon returning to the United States, Wilson and Neufeld moved to Chicago, where she worked for three years as a research editor at Playboy magazine[6] while continuing to hone her fiction writing.

Wilson was awarded a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing at Stanford University from 1997–1999,[7] where she studied with Tobias Wolff,[8] Elizabeth Tallent, and Gilbert Sorrentino. Following that experience, Wilson was awarded a Fine Arts Work Center residency in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, from 1999–2000.[9] She was awarded a residency at Yaddo in 2011.[3]

Wilson's short stories have been published in AGNI,[10] Third Coast, and Slice, among others, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.[9] Her comics writing has been published in the Oxford American,[8] Smith Magazine,[11] and anthologized in The Big Feminist BUT[6] and the Trina Robbins project, From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women’s Comics from Teens to Zines.[12] Wilson was a co-writer of the motion comics elements of the American Broadcasting Company television program Earth 2100.[13]

Wilson and Neufeld co-edited the comics and prose anthology Flashed: Sudden Stories in Comics and Prose, which features contributions from Junot Díaz, Lynda Barry, Sheila Heti, Gabrielle Bell, Kellie Wells, Nick Bertozzi, and many more authors.[14]

Wilson's debut novel Girl Through Glass was published by Harper in February 2016. The book was included in Buzzfeed’s Most Exciting Books of 2016 list,[15] The Millions Most Anticipated 2016 fiction list,[16] and was named The Rumpus Book Club’s January book.[17]

Personal life

Wilson lives in Brooklyn with her husband Josh Neufeld and their daughter.[9]

Awards, fellowships, and residencies

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ RHG. "Review: Girl Through Glass by Sari Wilson," Raven-Haired Girl (Feb. 2, 2016).
  2. ↑ "Class Notes," Packer Magazine (Winter 2016), p. 47.
  3. 1 2 Davis, Rebecca. "A Childhood Love Letter to Ballet: Author Sari Wilson Visits Northshire," Saratoga Today (Feb. 18, 2016).
  4. ↑ DZIEMIANOWICZ, JOE. "TURNING THE TABLES: Guys aren't the only ones on bended knees," New York Daily News (May 2001).
  5. ↑ Salek, Rebecca. "Poisonous Bugs, Crazy Farmers and the True Meaning of Enlightenment: Josh Neufeld and Sari Wilson," Sequential Tart (Feb. 2005).
  6. 1 2 Sparacio, Andrea. "An Interview with Contributors of The Big Feminist BUT," Slice Magazine (September 30, 2013).
  7. ↑ Spears, Brian. "THE RUMPUS BOOK CLUB CHAT WITH SARI WILSON," The Rumpus Book Club (February 17, 2016).
  8. 1 2 "Girl Through Glass (Wilson) - Author Bio," Lit Lovers. Accessed March 4, 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 Giddings, Megan. “A Different Set of Muscles”: An Interview with Josh Neufeld and Sari Wilson," Smokelong Quarterly (Nov. 30, 2016).
  10. ↑ Wilson, Sari. "The Sightseer," AGNI 60 (Oct. 2004).
  11. ↑ Wilson, Sari. (Art by Josh Neufeld) "The Beekeeper," Smith Magazine: Next-Door Neighbor Project (Aug. 4, 2008).
  12. ↑ Tom. "Behind the Scenes with Writer and Comics Educator Sari Wilson," Graphic Novel Reporter (Jan. 3, 2010).
  13. ↑ Cowan, Adri. "Link Ink — Spider-Man Stained Glass, Giant Robot," Comics Alliance (June 2, 2009).
  14. ↑ Karp, Jesse. Review of Flashed. Booklist (Feb. 15, 2016). Archived at Josh Neufeld's website.
  15. ↑ Lee, Jarry. "The 27 Most Exciting Books Coming In 2016," Buzzfeed (Jan. 19, 2016).
  16. ↑ "Most Anticipated: The Great 2016 Book Preview," The Millions (Jan. 4, 2016).
  17. ↑ "THE RUMPUS BOOK CLUB CHAT WITH SARI WILSON," The Rumpus Book Club (February 17, 2016).
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