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Sarah Bird
Sarah Bird’s novel, Above the East China Sea, was long-listed for the Dublin International Literary Award. A Dobie-Paisano Fellowship helped in researching Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen. Raised in a US Air Force family on bases around the world, Sarah is the child of two warriors, a World War II US Army nurse and a US Air Corps bombardier, who met at a barn dance in North Africa. She lives in Austin, Texas.