Sara Fitzgerald
Sara Fitzgerald is a former Washington Post editor who combines her love of writing and history to tell the compelling stories of little-known women. Her latest book, "The Silenced Muse: Emily Hale, T. S. Eliot, and the Role of a Lifetime," is the first full-length biography of Emily Hale, the American actress and college professor who was Eliot's first love and longtime confidante. Her other books include "Elly Peterson: 'Mother' of the Moderates" (2011), which was recognized as a 2012 Book of the Year by the Library of Michigan and by the Historical Society of Michigan; "Conquering Heroines: How Women Fought Sex Bias at Michigan and Paved the Way for Title IX" (2020); and The Poet's Girl (2020), a novel about Emily Hale. Fitzgerald majored in history and journalism at the University of Michigan and was the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of The Michigan Daily. She lives in Northern Virginia.