Sarai walker biography
- Sarai Walker is.
- She holds an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College and a PhD in English from the University of London.
- Sarai Walker is a writer whose book Dietland was identified as one of Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best books of 2015, and has subsequently been turned into a TV series.
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Sarai Walker
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SARAI WALKER received her MFA in creative writing from Bennington College. Her work has appeared inSeventeen,GlamourandMademoiselle, among others. She was an editor and writer forOur Bodies, Ourselves(2005) and has taught creative writing and literature at several universities.
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Series
Books:
The Cherry Robbers, May 2023Paperback / e-Book
The Cherry Robbers, May 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
Dietland, June 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
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Sarai Walker
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The United StatesWebsite
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Fiction
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September 2014
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Sarai Walker is the author of the novel THE CHERRY ROBBERS, which will be published by Harper Books on May 17, 2022. Her first novel, DIETLAND, has been published in more than a dozen countries and was adapted as a television series for AMC. She has lectured on feminism and body image internationally, and has spoken about these topics widely in the media. Her articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian and elsewhere, and she worked as a writer and editor on an updated version of Our Bodies, Ourselves. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College and a PhD in English from the University of London.
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Sarai Walker
American writer
Sarai Walker is a writer[1] whose book Dietland was identified as one of Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best books of 2015,[2] and has subsequently been turned into a TV series.[3][4] She has published articles in The New York Times,[5] The Washington Post,[6]The Guardian,[7] and Refinery29.[8] Walker is a fat positive activist and her writings reflect an attempt to reclaim the word fat as a mere bodily description—like tall or short.[9]
Life and education
Walker grew up in California and Utah,[10] and is now based in New Mexico.[11] Walker received her M.F.A. in creative writing from Bennington College, and her Ph.D. in English from the University of London (2005).[11] Walker started out writing at teen and women's magazines, and later wrote for Our Bodies, Ourselves.[12]
Fat Acceptance Movement and activism
Walker is an adamant supporter of rights and dignity for fat people.[13]