Sarah Fay

Sarah Fay is an award-winning author, educator, activist, and entrepreneur.

Her journalistic memoir Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses (HarperCollins) was an Apple Best Books pick, hailed in The New York Times as a “fiery manifesto of a memoir,” and named by Parade Magazine as one of the sixteen best mental health memoirs to read.

Her new memoir Cured, the sequel to Pathological, is a bestselling, Featured Publication on Substack.

Her work has been featured on NPROprah DailySalonForbesThe Los Angeles Times, and more.

She writes for many publications, including The New York TimesThe AtlanticTime, and The Paris Review, where she was an advisory editor. Her essays have been chosen as a Notable Mention in Best American Essays and nominated for Pushcart Prizes. She’s the recipient of the Hopwood Award for Literature, as well as grants and fellowships from Yaddo, the Mellon Foundation, and the MacDowell Colony, among others.

As a certified mental health peer recovery specialist and mental health journalist, she’s a sought-after keynote speaker.

As a Substack Growth Strategist and the founder and director of Substack Writers at Work, she specializes in helping creators and professionals grow a loyal readership and achieve financial success through their work on the personal media platform Substack.

Visit her website and Substack here.

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