Sara M. Harvey

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Sara M. Harvey (born March 11, 1976) is a published writer of both fiction and nonfiction and an award-winning costume designer. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her fiance and two dogs.

1 Biography
2 Costuming
3 Publications
4 Convention appearances
5 References

[edit] Biography

Harvey was born in San Leandro, CA, and grew up in the East Bay area of Castro Valley, CA. She graduated from Moreau Catholic High School and attended college at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, and California State University, East Bay in Hayward, CA (then known as California State University Hayward) before earning a bachelor of arts in theatre arts with an emphasis in costume design from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

She holds a master of arts in visual culture, with an emphasis in costume history, from New York University.

Harvey's first novel, "A Year and a Day," was published in 2006. Her upcoming project will be "The Convent of the Pure," a novella published with Apex Books and has a publication date of spring 2009.

[edit] Costuming

Harvey spent several years working for the costume department of the Renaissance Entertainment Corporation on events held in California and Wisconsin. She also spent a year and three months working in the Creative Costume Department of Walt Disney World in Orlando (Lake Buena Vista), Florida.

She is currently employed as an instructor of design and fashion history at the International Academy of Design and Technology branch in Nashville, Tennessee (called IADT Nashville for short). Her convention appearances frequently include costuming panels and demonstrations.

[edit] Publications

FICTION
- A Year and a Day, August 2006, paperback novel, Premium Press America under Long Meadow Books imprint.
- "The Muse," December 2007, short story, Circle Dark Publishing e-book anthology Twilight and Thorns.
- The Convent of the Pure, spring 2009, Apex Book Company.

NON-FICTION
- Clothing in World History, December 2007, Greenwood Publishing Group. Harvey contributed chapters on the costumes and history of ancient Persia, the northern Renaissance, the 17th century, and the 1960s and 1970s.
- "The Juni-Hitoe Styles of Heian Japan," 2001 scholarly paper, New York University. Published online at The Clothesline Journal.
- Encyclopedia of World Dress and Costume, early 2009, Greenwood Publishing Group. Harvey contributed chapters on Italy, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.