Sarah Rose
| Sarah Rose | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sarah Rose 1974 Chicago |
| Residence | New York City |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education |
University of Chicago Harvard University UCLS |
| Occupation | Author, Journalist, Actress |
| Known for | For All the Tea in China |
| Television | Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys |
| Awards | New York Foundation for the Arts |
| Website | sarahrose |
Sarah Rose is an author and cast member of the television program Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys. She was born in 1974 in Chicago and lives in New York. She attended Harvard College and the University of Chicago, and the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools high school. She was a grant winner from New York Foundation for the Arts. She was also awarded the North American Travel Journalists Association Grand Prize in Writing. Her columns have appeared in the major newspapers and magazines such as The Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Sun-Times, Toronto Globe and Mail, The Economist, and many others.
Her first book, For All the Tea in China, was published in 2009 in England. and in 2010 in the United States. In England her book was published by Hutchison. In the United States, her book was published by Viking. It tells the story of Robert Fortune, the nineteenth-century Scottish botanist who, in stealing tea plants and seeds from Qing China, committed "the greatest act of industrial espionage in history."Guy Raz, of National Public Radio's All Things Considered, called it "a wonderful combination of scholarship and storytelling", and the Associated Press said it was "a story that should appeal to readers who want to be transported on a historic journey laced with suspense, science, and adventure". Her book received press coverage on BBC Radio (as "Book of the Week"), AudioFile Magazine, and elsewhere.
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