Sarah grew up in The Roxy Theatre, with years of participation in the Leeton Eisteddfod and school productions, including Top Hat Tales, an original production written by English Master Ron White in the late 80s. As a girl, she wrote and directed a production of Pinocchio:the Musical, a co-production between Leeton Youth Choir and Di Salvatore Dance Academy (1985). Always writing, she went on to work as a senior speechwriter for government ministers in Canberra, raising her three children as a single mother and eventually publishing her first book of poetry in 2005. Since then, she has published five volumes of poetry, been recognised in Best of Australian Poetry a number of times and been shortlisted for various competitions. In 2020, she became a COVID refugee in her own hometown, and during the lockdown, founded the Leeton Art Deco Writers Collective, soon to publish their second volume of collected works, and this year established local publishing house, Riverina Press. She has waited a long time for this wonderful chance to meet Jake and be part of The Roxy Theatre community again. She plans many future collaborations with Jake and the team.