Sarah Valentine author biography, plus links to books by Sarah Valentine.

Sarah Valentine

Sarah Valentine, Ph.D., is a widely published author and translator. In 2013 she was a Lannan Foundation Writers Fellow and has taught literature and creative writing at Princeton, University of California–Los Angeles, University of California–Riverside, and Northwestern University. In her memoir When I Was White, she recounts growing up in Pittsburgh as a mixed race African American in a white family who kept her identity a closely held secret. She lives in Pittsburgh.

This biography was last updated on 06/02/2026.

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