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My Take
What draws me to Sarah Waters is her nerve. Writing lesbian protagonists into the gaslit gloom of Victorian England, then making those stories genuinely gripping, takes both craft and conviction. Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith are not period decoration; they are tense, intimate machines, and the fact that Fingersmith fueled a film as ravishing as The Handmaiden tells you how potent her source material is. The awards, from the Somerset Maugham to her OBE, feel earned rather than ornamental. I think of her as a true storytelling craftsman who slips emotional ambushes into immaculately researched rooms, and I trust her completely.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sarah Waters
- Name (Japanese)
- サラ・ウォーターズ
- Reading
- さら・うぉーたーず
- Born
- July 21, 1966 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Horse
- Origin
- Neyland, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- novelist / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Kent
Awards & achievements
- Lambda Literary Award
- 2009 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- 2002 CWA Historical Dagger
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 2000 Somerset Maugham Award
- 2014 honorary doctorate
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Sarah Waters born?
Born July 21, 1966 (age 59).
Where is Sarah Waters from?
Sarah Waters is from Neyland, United Kingdom.
What does Sarah Waters do?
Sarah Waters works as novelist, writer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.