Escalator Literature winner 2009: Sarah-Jane Page

Biography:

Sarah-Jane lives in rural Suffolk where she teaches English and Spanish part-time. She has worked as a teacher and has travelled and worked extensively throughout South America.
Sarah-Jane has been concentrating on writing fiction since 2007, inspired by her travels. She is currently working on her first novel, Beyond Blood which is set in Argentine Patagonia and which follows the relationship between a daughter and her estranged father against a backdrop involving indigenous Mapuche activists claiming ancestral rights over land. Her short stories have been published in various magazines, including Mslexia.

‘ALL she had was his name. His name and an address she couldn’t pronounce. Glancing down at the map he seemed just inches away. But the distance could have been the entire length of the Andes – it didn’t change anything. The closer he became, the further away she felt.’