Sara Wheeler
Born 20 March 1961
Sara Wheeler was brought up in Bristol, England, and studied Classics and Modern Languages at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. After writing about her travels on the Greek island of Euboea and in Chile, she was accepted by the US National Science Foundation as their first female writer-in-residence at the South Pole, and spent seven months in Antarctica.
In her resultant book Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica, she mentioned sleeping in the captain’s bunk in Scott's Hut. Whilst in Antarctica she read The Worst Journey in the World, an account of the Terra Nova Expedition, and she later wrote a biography of its author Apsley Cherry-Garrard. In 1999 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. From 2005 to 2009 she served as Trustee of the London Library.
Books by Sara Wheeler in order
Books by Sara Wheeler in the order they were published, from An Island Apart (1992) to Glowing Still (2023).
- 1An Island Apart
An Island Apart1992 - 2Travels in a Thin Country
Travels in a Thin Country1994 - 3Travels Ina Thin Country LbusTravels Ina Thin Country Lbus1995
- 4Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita1996 - 5Antarctica
Antarctica1997 - 6Dear Daniel
Dear Daniel1997 - 7Majestic Jaipur the Pink City
Majestic Jaipur the Pink City1997 - 8Majestic Jaipur
Majestic Jaipur1998 - 9Travels in a Thin Country B Bk ClubTravels in a Thin Country B Bk Club1998
- 10Greetings from Antarctica
Greetings from Antarctica1999 - 11Cherry
Cherry2001 - 12Cherry ProofCherry Proof2001
- 13Cherry HeaderCherry Header2002
- 14Cherry Signed CopyCherry Signed Copy2002
- 15Chile
Chile2006 - 16Evia
Evia2007 - 17Too Close to the Sun
Too Close to the Sun2007 - 18The Magnetic North
The Magnetic North2011 - 19Access All Areas
Access All Areas2013 - 20O My America!
O My America!2013 - 21Mud and Stars
Mud and Stars2019 - 22Glowing Still
Glowing Still2023