Meet Sarah
Sarah O’Leary Burningham is the author of Truth & Daring: A Journal for the Thoughtful and Bold, Girl to Girl: Honest Talk About Growing Up and Your Changing Body, Boyology: A Teen Girl’s Crash Course in All Things Boy and How to Raise Your Parents: A Teen Girl’s Survival Guide, all published by Chronicle Books.
She has been interviewed by numerous national media and news outlets, including the NBC’s Today Show, ABC News, CBS News, FOX News, NPR, Newsweek, Teen Vogue, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Oprah Radio, among others. She wrote an advice column for the ABC Family Network for 2 years and is represented by the HarperCollins Speakers Bureau.
Sarah has spoken at schools, libraries, parent groups, and teen book clubs around the country. The recipient of a Utah Journalism Award, her writing has appeared in many publications, including CosmoGirl!, Publishers Weekly, Salt Lake Magazine and Catalyst magazine. When she’s not writing, she runs a PR and marketing agency.
As the oldest of three younger sisters (and a little brother), Sarah has a lot of experience coaching girls though growing up. She loves reading, red lipstick, and travel, and even though she’s no longer a teenager, still steals her sisters’ clothes. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two daughters.