Sarah Clegg

Sarah Clegg has a PhD in ancient history from Cambridge University; she was part of the 2020/21 London Library Emerging Writers Programme. Her first book — Woman’s Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi — was published by Head of Zeus and traces a group of seductive, child-snatching demonesses through folklore from ancient Mesopotamian to the present day. It was shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown Award 2023. She is also the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Dead of Winter: The Demons, Witches and Ghosts of Christmas and Perilous Enchantment: The True History of Faeries, both published by Granta. Sarah lives in London and works in publishing.