Sarah Vaughan is the million-copy bestselling author of six novels, which have been translated into twenty-eight languages. Brought up in Devon, she read English at Oxford and went on to become a journalist. After training at the Press Association, Sarah spent eleven years at the Guardian as a news reporter, political correspondent and health correspondent, before leaving to freelance and write fiction. Her previous novels include Anatomy of a Scandal, an instant international bestseller translated into twenty-six languages and adapted for a major Netflix series in 2022. Sarah’s fourth novel, Little Disasters, has recently come to screen starring Diane Kruger, airing on Paramount+ in 2025. Based on a True Story is Sarah’s sixth novel, published in March 2026.