Sarah Penner

Sarah Penner is an American author. Her debut novel, The Lost Apothecary, is a The [New York Times Best Seller list|New York Times best seller].

Personal life

Penner was born and raised in northeast Kansas.
She attended the University of Kansas and graduated with a degree in finance. She currently works in finance full-time and is a member of Historical Novel Society and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association.
Penner currently lives in Florida with her husband Marc and their miniature dachshund Zoe.

The Lost Apothecary is a New York Times bestseller, published March 2, 2021 by Park Row Books.
The book received positive reviews from NPR, Booklist, and Library Journal, as well as a mixed review from Publishers Weekly. Reader's Digest and Cosmopolitan included it in their lists of the best books for the year.
In 2021, it was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction and for Debut Novel.
Fox Broadcasting Company is currently working on adapting the book into a television drama series.