Sara Baume is an author. Baume's short fiction and essays have been published in anthologies and journals. She won the 2014 Davy Byrne’s Short Story Award, the 2015 Hennessy New Irish Writing Award, and the 2015 Rooney Prize for Literature. Her first novel, "Spill Simmer Falter Wither," was published in 2015. Baume received her M.Phil. in Fine Art from Trinity College Dublin.