About SARAH

Sarah Wassner Flynn is an award-winning writer. A children’s nonfiction specialist, her recent titles include Weird But True Know-It-All: Greek Mythology; Weird But True Know-It-All: Ancient Egypt;This Book Stinks: Gross Garbage, Rotten Rubbish, and the Science of Trash;1,000 Facts About the White House, The Ultimate Book of Sharks with world-renowned National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry, and This Book Is Cute: The Soft and Squishy Science and Culture of ‘Aww.’ She has also contributed to the New York Times’ bestselling National Geographic Kids Almanac and several other National Geographic Kids titles. In 2018, This Book Stinks received the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, a Green Earth Book Award by the Nature Generation, and was designated as an Outstanding Science Trade Book by the National Science Teachers Association.

A competitive amateur triathlete, Sarah earned All-American honors from USA Triathlon for four years in a row, placing 7th in the nation at the Olympic distance for her age-group in 2017. She has also qualified to compete at three different World Championships (Olympic distance, IRONMAN 70.3, and Aquathlon). 

Sarah is a frequent contributor to USA Triathlon Magazine, Triathlete Magazine, Girls' Life Magazine, and other health and fitness-focused websites and publications. In 2018, “Still Here,” a cover story Sarah wrote for for USA Triathlon magazine, was designated as a runner-up for Best Published Article by Triathlon Business International.

Sarah lives, writes, and trains in the suburbs of Washington, DC with her husband and four children.