Sarah Hopkins (born 1969) is an Australian criminal lawyer and novelist. She is a lawyer with the Aboriginal Legal Service in Sydney and chairperson of Just Reinvest NSW, a not for profit organisation that works to reduce the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the prison system. As a novelist, her best-known book is ''The Crimes of Billy Fish''. It was Highly Commended in the

ABC Fiction Award The ABC Fiction Award was an Australian literary award presented annually to the best, original, unpublished, adult fiction manuscript, written by an Australian resident over the age of 18. It was launched in 2005. The aim of the award was "to encou ...

and shortlisted for the

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Bes ...

in 2008. Her second novel ''Speak to Me'' was released in May 2010. Her third novel, ''This Picture of You'', was published by Allen & Unwin in 2014 and shortlisted for the

Barbara Jefferis Award The Barbara Jefferis Award is an Australian literary award prize. The award was created in 2007 after being endowed by John Hinde upon his death to commemorate his late wife, author Barbara Jefferis. It is funded by his $1 million bequest. Origi ...

for fiction. She is married to chef

Matt Moran Matthew Moran (born 15 May 1969) is an Australian chef and restaurateur also known for being a guest on various TV cooking shows. Early life Moran was raised on a dairy farm at Badgerys Creek, west of Sydney, before moving to the outer-we ...

and they have two children. Sarah is the grand daughter of

Harry Hopkins Harry Lloyd Hopkins (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was an American statesman, public administrator, and presidential advisor. A trusted deputy to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hopkins directed New Deal relief programs before servi ...

, who was

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...

’s Secretary of Commerce and closest advisor on foreign policy during World War II.

Works

* ''The Crimes of Billy Fish'', ABC Books, 2007 * ''Speak to Me'', Viking, 2010 * ''This Picture of You'', Allen & Unwin, 2014 * ''The Subjects'', Text Publishing, 2019

References

External links

Official website
* Living people 21st-century Australian novelists Australian women novelists 21st-century Australian women writers 1969 births {{australia-writer-stub