Biography

Sari Fordham is a writer, professor, editor, and environmental activist. She grew up in Uganda and Kenya and has lived in Austria, South Korea, Thailand, and the United States. She’s fascinated by place and how it shapes all of us. As a teacher and editor, Sari is a champion of each person’s story and the power that comes from getting the exact detail right.

She received a BA from Southern Adventist University, an MA from Iowa State University, and an MFA from the University of Minnesota. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Baltimore Review, Chattahoochee Review, Brevity, Passages North, Booth, and Best of the Net, among others. She received a grant in nonfiction from Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference and a fellowship from Djerassi Resident Artists Program. She is a senior editor at Literary Mama.

Committed to being kind to the earth, Sari writes a free monthly newsletter, “Cool It: Simple Steps to Save the Planet.” Each letter focuses on one change we can make in our personal lives and one systematic change we can request from government representatives or businesses.

Sari teaches creative nonfiction at SUNY Oswego on the shores of Lake Ontario. Sari and her husband and their daughter are new to New York state and are imagining the perfect garden, one with witch hazel, lingonberries, and clover.