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Sarah Bird is an American novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. She was born in 1949 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her father was an officer in the US Air Force, and her family (a "Catholic family of eight" ), including her mother, Colista Bird, travelled with him around the US and the world during her childhood. Sarah's mother recognized signs of her daughter's creative storytelling talent as young as kindergarten.

She attended the University of New Mexico, earning a BA there in 1973. Moving to the University of Texas at Austin, she went on to receive an MA in journalism there in 1976.. She is married to George Jones, and has one son, Gabriel Bird-Jones, born in 1989. The family lives in Austin, Texas.

During the mid-eighties, Bird was a founding contributing-editor to Austin's Third Coast Magazine, for which she wrote numerous feature and humor articles.

Bird's first published novel was Do Evil Cheerfully, a mystery (as Sarah McCabe Bird).

In 1986, her comic novel The Alamo House was published based on her experience as a graduate student at the University of Texas.

Bird wrote five romance novels between writing Alamo House and Boyfriend School - these were published under the pseudonym Tory Cates. Bird later wrote the screen play for the movie Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990, starring Shelley Long and Steve Guttenberg), adapting the Boyfriend School novel.

The Boyfriend School was published by Ballantine in 1989 and The Mommy Club in 1991, were both humorous novels drawing on Bird's life experiences. In addition to novels, Bird has written screenplays for television and magazine articles for national women's magazines. She writes a column for Texas Monthly. Virgin of the Rodeo was published in 1999.

Bird was named Austin's best author in 2001 by the Austin Chronicle, the year she also published The Yokota Officers Club, a novel that draws on her experiences as military brat. She has also written screenplays for the National Geographic Channel and Hallmark, as well as the CBS movie "Yesterday's Children."

Her latest novel, The Flamenco Academy, came out in 2006; a new novel, How Perfect Is That, was published by Knopf in June 2008.

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Total Books: 48
Above the East China Sea A novel
Above the East China Sea a Novel (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780385350112
ISBN-10: 0385350112
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Above the East China Sea
Above the East China Sea [Vintage] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781101873861
ISBN-10: 1101873868
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Alamo House
Alamo House (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780345460073
ISBN-10: 0345460073
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
 15

Alamo House
Alamo House (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780671645243
ISBN-10: 0671645242
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 1

Alamo House Women Without Men Men Without Brains
Alamo House Women Without Men Men Without Brains (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780393023237
ISBN-10: 0393023230
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
 2

The Boyfriend School
The Boyfriend School (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780345460097
ISBN-10: 034546009X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 14

Boyfriend School
Boyfriend School (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780385246941
ISBN-10: 0385246943
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 6

Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen (Hardcover)Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781250193162
ISBN-10: 1250193168
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 4

The Flamenco Academy
The Flamenco Academy (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780345462381
ISBN-10: 0345462386
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 10

The Gap Year
The Gap Year (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780307592798
ISBN-10: 0307592790
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
 8

The Hidden Places of Lancashire Including the Isle of Man
The Hidden Places of Lancashire Including the Isle of Man [The Hidden Places Travel Guides] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781902007151
ISBN-10: 1902007158
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How Perfect Is That
How Perfect Is That (Hardcover)Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780307268280
ISBN-10: 0307268284
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 9

Last Dance on the Starlight Pier
Last Dance on the Starlight Pier (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781250265548
ISBN-10: 1250265541
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 1

A Love Letter to Texas Women
A Love Letter to Texas Women (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781477309490
ISBN-10: 1477309497
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
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THE MOMMY CLUB
The Mommy Club (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780385411233
ISBN-10: 0385411235
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 7

The Mommy Club
The Mommy Club (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780440504498
ISBN-10: 044050449X
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 2

The Mommy Club
The Mommy Club [Texas Quartet, Bk 3] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780345460110
ISBN-10: 0345460111
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 16

QA Your Life Story the Easy Way
Qa Your Life Story the Easy Way (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781534806269
ISBN-10: 1534806261
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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Teammates For Life Grade 2
Teammates for Life Grade 2 [McGraw-Hill Leveled Books] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780021851102
ISBN-10: 0021851107
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VIRGIN OF THE RODEO
Virgin of the Rodeo (Hardcover)Paperback, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780385411240
ISBN-10: 0385411243
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 5

Where Aspens Quake
Where Aspens Quake (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780373536252
ISBN-10: 0373536259
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