The Two Sarahs
Author & Eco-Archaeologist Sarah Kades writes action adventure romantic eco-thrillers. Her alternate pen name, Sarah Graham writes non-fiction largely. For twenty years her day job had been as an archaeologist and Indigenous Knowledge studies and engagement facilitator until 2020 when she received her first literary arts grant and became a two-time Energy Futures Lab Banff Summit storyteller. In 2019, she was presented at the British Society of Criminology conference on the effectiveness of using arts-based
approaches. Q: Why split your name into two pen names? Would audiences not accept you writing fiction and non-fiction? And is that a decision you are pleased with or wish you had not done? I was strongly encouraged by industry reps to keep my fiction and nonfiction separate—pen names, websites, social media, everything—to maintain reader expectations. I’m cool with pen
names for different fiction and nonfiction, though I now have a single website and my social media covers both so I can focus my time on writing. Q: You were an archaeologist by day. Could you share some of the archaeology activities you do and how that ties into your writing. What drew you to that profession? My career as an archaeologist has given me a lot of adventures,
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