Sarah K. Stephens

Sarah K. Stephens is the author of three novels and a developmental psychologist at Penn State University.

Although Fall and Spring find her in the classroom, she remains a writer year-round. Her writing has appeared in LitHub, The Writer’s Chronicle, Hazlitt, and The Millions. Sarah’s books include the psychological thriller A FLASH OF RED, published by Pandamoon Publishing, and the psychological suspense novels It was Always You and The Anniversary, published by Bloodhound Books.

Sarah loves using her psychological training to craft darkly human stories with killer twists. When she’s not plotting death and betrayal, she can be found enjoying the pleasures of country life with her husband and children in Central Pennsylvania.

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