Sarah Waters

Sarah Waters (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith. Sarah Waters was born in Neyland, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1966. She grew up in a family that included her father Ron, mother Mary, and sister. Her mother was a housewife and her father an engineer who worked on oil refineries. She describes her family as "pretty idyllic, very safe and nurturing". Her father, "a fantastically creative person", encouraged her to build and invent. Waters said, "When I picture myself as a child, I see myself constructing something, out of plasticine or papier-mâché or Meccano; I used to enjoy writing poems and stories, too." She wrote stories and poems...