About

Sarah Hutchinson-Jarman is a Writer, Artist and Crafter. Originally from Britain, she grew up in the Middle East and returned to England to study Creative Writing and English Studies.

After university, Sarah worked for seven years at a jewellers in Bath, learning the trade. When her first child was born she decided to go freelance so she could be at home. Her life as a Mother inspired her to write a successful parenting blog. Sarah realised how much she missed writing so returned to her dream of writing books in 2016. Her first large writing project was helping on Lela Burbridge’s memoirs ‘Ashes of Childhood’. Sarah worked as a story liner and editor on the project which took over two years to complete.

In March 2023 Sarah launched her first picture book ‘Frog Finds Home’ which is published through the Lela Initiative. The Lela Initiative are a not-for-profit publishing house that use their book proceeds to fund libraries across rural Uganda. The Lela Initiative will be publishing two more of Sarah’s books in 2024. Sarah is also launching her first novel ‘The Funeral’ in 2024 which will be published by Ink Spot Publishing.

Sarah is an advocate of ‘Creativity for All’ which expands upon the creative workshops and book Talks that Sarah has been hosting over the past few years. Sarah hopes to reach out to even more communities to inspire all to explore their creative abilities. she is particularly excited about the possibility of visiting Uganda as a mentor for aspiring Ugandan Authors. She can’t wait to see the library projects that her books are helping to fund.

Look out for Sarah’s further titles with The lela Inititive - announcement coming very soon! To book into one of Sarah’s crafting or writing worksh0ps or to book a school visit contact Sarah here.