Welcome to the official website of Sarah McCoy, author of The Time It Snowed In Puerto Rico.

Sarah McCoy graduated from Virginia Tech with a BA in journalism and public relations and Old Dominion University with an MFA in creative writing fiction. She has taught writing at Old Dominion University and the University of Texas at El Paso. She is currently working on her second novel.

Sarah's debut fiction novel, The Time It Snowed In Puerto Rico is now available in bookstores by Shaye Areheart Books/Random House.

Praise for The Time It Snowed In Puerto Rico:

"Sarah McCoy tells a story of magic, myth, and mystery amid political and cultural unrest. You can't help loving Verdita, the world she comes from and the world she yearns for. A delightful debut by a promising and saucy new writer." - Sheri Reynolds, author of A Gracious Plenty and Oprah's Book Club Rapture of Canaan

"Like snow in Puerto Rico, this novel is a rare pleasure. A sparkling debut by a writer who possesses a feel for place and time, a sense of the sacrifices love calls us to, and an uncommon talent for mapping the territory of the heart." - Janet Peery, author of Alligator Dance and National Book Award Finalist The River Beyond the World

"Sarah McCoy has written a story so replete with sensuality, so infused with love and community, so exquisitely observant and poetic, the reader can only wish for a package tour to the dream that is Verdita's life." - Sandra Scofield, author of Occasions of Sin and National Book Award Finalist Beyond Deserving