Sarah Thankam Mathews

Bio

Sarah Thankam Mathews is the author of All This Could Be Different, which was shortlisted for the Discover Prize, the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the National Book Award in Fiction. All This Could Be Different was also a New York Times Editor’s Choice and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Vogue, Vulture, The Los Angeles Times, and more. It has been published by Viking (US), Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK), Ecus (Taiwan), Bollati Bolinghieri (Italy), and HarperCollins (Germany). Mathews grew up between Oman and India, is currently a visiting professor at the Iowa Writers Workshop, and in 2020 founded the mutual aid collective Bed-Stuy Strong.