Sarah Rose (born 1974) is an author and journalist known for ''D-Day Girls'' and ''For All the Tea in China''.

Early life and education

Rose was born in Chicago and attended the

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, and the

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. She lives in New York.

Books and television

Rose's newest book, ''D-Day Girls'', was published in April 2019 and debuted at #11 on the Indie Bestseller List and #6 on the

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Paperback Bestseller List. It tells the story of women who were infiltrated into France ahead of D-Day to arm and train the

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by the secret British agency,

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. Author Erik Larson called it, "Gripping...Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains, courage, and treachery (lots of treachery) —and all of it true."

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said, “''D-Day Girls'', written with novelistic detail, weaves together five women’s narratives using historical research from contemporary periodicals, archives, and interview records. . . 'D-Day Girls'' is part ofa new library and a more robust approach to analyzing women’s essential role in war.” The

said, “Equal parts espionage-romance thriller and historical narrative, ''D-Day Girls'' traces the lives and secret activities of the 39 women who answered the call to infiltrate France. . . . While chronicling the

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-worthy missions and love affairs of these women, Rose vividly captures the broken landscape of war.” Rose's first book, ''For All the Tea in China'', was published in 2009, and tells the story of

Robert Fortune Robert Fortune (16 September 1812 – 13 April 1880) was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller, best known for introducing around 250 new ornamental plants, mainly from China, but also Japan, into the gardens of Britain, Australia, and ...

, the nineteenth-century Scottish botanist who, in stealing tea plants and seeds from

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, committed "the greatest act of industrial espionage in history."

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, of

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's ''

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'', called it "a wonderful combination of scholarship and storytelling," and the

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said it was "a story that should appeal to readers who want to be transported on a historic journey laced with suspense, science, and adventure." The book received awards from

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(as "Book of the Week"),

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, AudioFile, and elsewhere. Huw Bowen, Professor for history at Swansea University, criticized the book due to its "basic errors adding to serial misconception and misunderstanding" in his review for the Guardian.

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, noted China scholar at

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disagreed, "In this lively account of the adventures (and misadventures) that lay behind Robert Fortune's bold acquisition of Chinese tea seedlings for transplanting in British India, Sarah Rose demonstrates in engaging detail how botany and empire-building went hand in han

In 2010–2011 Rose co-starred, along with her close friend

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, on the reality television series ''

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'', which follows the lives of four women in New York City and their gay male best friends. The show debuted on the

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in December 2010.

Journalism

Rose was

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's Dynasties columnist, writing a bi-weekly news column covering New York's billionaire real estate families. Her features have appeared in major newspapers and magazines such as

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, Outside,

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, Departures, The

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and many others. Rose also wrote a humor column about dating for

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and

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. She was awarded the North American Travel Journalists Association Grand Prize in Writing and a

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. She was also a grant winner from

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Books

*''For All the Tea In China'' (2009) *''D-Day Girls'' (2019) .

Television

References

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