Sarah Viren is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and author of the essay collection, Mine, which won the River Teeth Book Prize and the GLCA New Writers Award and was named one of LitHub's favorite books of 2018. She was a finalist for a National Magazine Award for her essay "The Accusation," published in 2020 in the New York Times Magazine.  

Her scholarly focuses include the literary essay and literary translation. Her translation of the novella Córdoba Skies by the Argentine author Federico Falco was published in 2016 by Ploughshares Solos, and her co-edited anthology of the essay in the Americas, The Great American Essay, will be published by Mad Creek Books in 2023. She also has a memoir, Autobiography of Shadows, that is forthcoming from Scribner Books. Dr. Viren's work has been supported by an NEA Fellowship, a Kerouac House Residency, and a Fulbright Student Grant to Colombia. She holds a PhD from Texas Tech University and an MFA from the University of Iowa.