Sarah Crossan

Crossan was born in London and grew up in Churchtown, Dublin. Her father was an architect and her mother was a homemaker. She has three brothers.^[1]

Crossan graduated from University of Warwick in 1999 with a degree in Philosophy and Literature and later obtained a master's degree in Creative Writing. She received an Edward Albee Fellowship for writing in 2010.^[2] Crossan trained as an English and drama teacher at the University of Cambridge.^[3]

In May 2018, she was appointed Laureate na nÓg, or Irish Children's laureate by President Michael D. Higgins.

In July 2025, Simon & Schuster signed a three-book deal with Crossan. Her upcoming novel Gone for Good will be published in February 2026.^[4]

• 2013: shortlisted for Carnegie Medal for The Weight of Water^[5]
• 2015: shortlisted for Carnegie Medal for Apple and Rain^[6]
• 2016:
  • The Bookseller' YA Book Prize for One^[7]
  • Irish Children's Book of the Year for One^[8]
  • Carnegie Medal for One^[9]
• 2017: Red House Children's Book Award for older readers for One^[10]
• 2020: Young Adult Jury Award of the German Youth Literature Awards for the German edition of Moonrise^[11]
• 2024: Nominated for the Young Adult Jury Award of the German Youth Literature Awards for the German edition of Toffee^[12]

• The Weight of Water (2012)
• Breathe (2012)
• Resist (2013) – a sequel to Breathe
• Apple and Rain (2014)
• One (2015)
• We Come Apart (2017) co-authored with Brian Conaghan
• Moonrise (2017)
• Inséparable (2017)
• Swimming Pool (2018)
• Toffee ^[13](2019)
• Here Is the Beehive (2020)^[14]
• Where the Heart Should Be (2024)
• Hey Zoey (2024)