Sarah Coleman, by NYLA Portraits |
Novelist and journalist Sarah Coleman, a VCCA Fellow in 1999 and 2000, died of ALK lung cancer December 3, 2017 in New York City. Sarah and Fellows Jenny Krasner, Rachel Cantor, Kylie Heidenheimer, and Allison Jeffrey all met at VCCA in 1999 and remain friends. Sadly, Sarah missed the launch of her first published novel The Realist, A Novel of Berenice Abbott. More about Sarah’s life and her book can be found on her blog the literate lens. Sarah leaves behind her husband Dan Ellis and two children.