Thank you to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for agreeing to support me with a lottery funded grant under the Support for Individual Artists Program.

Here's a picture of me looking wistful - I'm holding a copy of a Philip Pullman book and wishing I was half as successful (or good) a writer as he is.





Name: Sarah Wray (before I was married it was Sarah Green, also I have a middle name - Rachel)
Born: 12/06/1969 Grew up in Formby in Merseyside. I went to Woodlands Junior school and Range High School.
Educated: I did my A levels at Kitson College in Leeds, and then went to Queen's University Belfast and did Genetics.
Married: I met my husband Paul at University, and stayed in Belfast to marry him in 1991
Kids: I have three kids - Rebecca (born 1994), Daniel (born 1995) and Christy (1997). The picture is a family portrait taken in 2007. The kids look really different now - the boys are much taller and look much more teenagey and Rebecca (Becca or Bex) now has trendy hair and piercings!
Favourite Movie: Moulin Rouge, now closely followed by Mamma Mia, oh, and I like Amelie too, and anything with Johnny Depp in it. If they made a movie of The Forbidden Room, Johnny Depp would have to play John Holland. Or I'd have a hissy fit. (And Johnny Depp would also have to be in the movie of The Trap - he could be Drew.)
Favourite TV Show: At the moment I'm loving The No1 Ladies Detective Agency on the BBC. Also: QI (I love Alan Davies) never mind the buzzcocks ( if Bill Bailey is on it) - Lost, Heroes (although it's got a bit dopey lately), CSI, Dexter, Grand Designs and The Aprentice. I'm lamenting the end of Battlestar Gallactica which was brill.
Favourite Book: Too many to mention (see my life is a booklist). I just read Love In The Present Tense, by Catherine Ryan Hyde, which I loved. I'm now reading Runemarks, by Joanne Harris, which I'm totally gripped by.
Favourite food: ChineseHot and Sour soup (mmm mmm mmm!) and everything else except shellfish and sushi (yuck!)
Pets:We have a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel called Roxie, a cat called Lucy, several goldfish and minnows, Rebecca has a rat called Gomer and Christy now has a new corn snake called fluffy! Ooh - fluffy just shed his skin for the first time - how exciting!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bibliography: I've written loads of books(see The I Wonder Years), but most of them didn't get published . The first book that did get published is  THE FORBIDDEN ROOM, and my second book THE TRAP is out now!

 

 

 

Hobbies: I like reading (see My Life is a Booklist), writing (well duh), going for walks with Roxie, watching movies (I like foreign movies with subtitles), doing word and number puzzles (yeah, okay, I'm a bit of a nerd) and embroidery (worse than nerdy - but I like it). If I ever get rich and famous, my hobbies will change to: Shopping, eating out, going to premieres, taking trips on my private yacht, house buying,  world travel, dinner parties with Johnny Depp, I could go on... (I'll stop typing now though because I'm in a happy little make-believe world...mmm Johnny Depp....)