Sara Cooper (she/her) is a novelist and playwright-lyricist. Sara writes incisive, feminist stories about women navigating the pressures of contemporary culture, particularly consumerism, wellness culture, and the performance of perfection. Her works are unflinching deep dives into the ills and inequities of American society, especially in regards to misogyny, capitalism, and the commodification of American body and mind. Sara has received awards and honors from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Theatre Wing, New York State Council on the Arts, National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and ASCAP, and she holds an MFA from New York University’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. She currently teaches at Purchase College and New York University.