Sarah Henstra is an Associate Professor of English literature at Ryerson University. She is the author of Mad Miss Mimic, an historical tale for young adults, and We Contain Multitudes, slated for publication in 2019. The Red Word is her first work of adult fiction. Sarah lives in Toronto, Canada.

LOUISE O’NEILL ‘I haven’t been able to stop thinking about The Red Word since I devoured it in one sitting.’ KIRKUS REVIEWS ‘An aesthetically arresting interrogation of rape culture… timely and brilliant.’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ‘Raises essential questions surrounding class privilege, rape, and gendered power dynamics on campus’ NEW YORKER ‘Henstra draws on Greek mythology to comment on contemporary issues - how assault can take on ambiguity and how the internalization of rape culture convolutes gender politics, to the point where constructive conversation is nearly impossible.’ COSMOPOLITAN ‘Sarah Henstra’s The Red Word will get you fuming, laughing, cheering, and most of all, thinking.’ HARPER’S BAZAAR ‘Timely and incisive.’ IRISH TIMES ‘Henstra writes sensitively and fluently on sex, desire, rape and power… an almost seamless mix of high and low cultures that offers a timely treatise on rape culture in elite universities.’ INDEPENDENT ‘…a fiercely smart, independently-minded page turner that stays light to the touch and full of youthful candour.’

Sarah Henstra is an Associate Professor of English literature at Ryerson University. She is the author of Mad Miss Mimic, an historical tale for young adults, and We Contain Multitudes, slated for publication in 2019. The Red Word is her first work of adult fiction. Sarah lives in Toronto, Canada.

LOUISE O’NEILL ‘I haven’t been able to stop thinking about The Red Word since I devoured it in one sitting.’ KIRKUS REVIEWS ‘An aesthetically arresting interrogation of rape culture… timely and brilliant.’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ‘Raises essential questions surrounding class privilege, rape, and gendered power dynamics on campus’ NEW YORKER ‘Henstra draws on Greek mythology to comment on contemporary issues - how assault can take on ambiguity and how the internalization of rape culture convolutes gender politics, to the point where constructive conversation is nearly impossible.’ COSMOPOLITAN ‘Sarah Henstra’s The Red Word will get you fuming, laughing, cheering, and most of all, thinking.’ HARPER’S BAZAAR ‘Timely and incisive.’ IRISH TIMES ‘Henstra writes sensitively and fluently on sex, desire, rape and power… an almost seamless mix of high and low cultures that offers a timely treatise on rape culture in elite universities.’ INDEPENDENT ‘…a fiercely smart, independently-minded page turner that stays light to the touch and full of youthful candour.’

Sarah Henstra is an Associate Professor of English literature at Ryerson University. She is the author of Mad Miss Mimic, an historical tale for young adults, and We Contain Multitudes, slated for publication in 2019. The Red Word is her first work of adult fiction. Sarah lives in Toronto, Canada.

LOUISE O’NEILL ‘I haven’t been able to stop thinking about The Red Word since I devoured it in one sitting.’ KIRKUS REVIEWS ‘An aesthetically arresting interrogation of rape culture… timely and brilliant.’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ‘Raises essential questions surrounding class privilege, rape, and gendered power dynamics on campus’ NEW YORKER ‘Henstra draws on Greek mythology to comment on contemporary issues - how assault can take on ambiguity and how the internalization of rape culture convolutes gender politics, to the point where constructive conversation is nearly impossible.’ COSMOPOLITAN ‘Sarah Henstra’s The Red Word will get you fuming, laughing, cheering, and most of all, thinking.’ HARPER’S BAZAAR ‘Timely and incisive.’ IRISH TIMES ‘Henstra writes sensitively and fluently on sex, desire, rape and power… an almost seamless mix of high and low cultures that offers a timely treatise on rape culture in elite universities.’ INDEPENDENT ‘…a fiercely smart, independently-minded page turner that stays light to the touch and full of youthful candour.’