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Sarah
Hampson
Sarah Hampson began her career in journalism in 1993, when she
started to write for magazines as a freelance contributer. For
her work in publications such as Toronto Life, Report on Business,
Chatelaine, and the now-defunct Saturday Night, she won several
National Magazine Awards, including three Golds. She has also written
for publications in England, including The Observer.
In 1999, The Globe and
Mail invited her to write a weekly Interview column, which
still runs today. The tally of interviews now numbers over
500. She has talked to a wide range of interesting people.
Among others, she has sat down with the eccentric (Karen Black,
Criss Angel, John Waters), the delusional (Steven Seagal), the
beautiful (Sophia Loren, Faith Hill, Jane Seymour) the iconic
(Hugh Hefner, Jane Fonda, Burt Reynolds) and the reclusive
(Leonard Cohen; poet Anne Carson). Her goal is to give the
reader a snapshot of that person in that moment, and to get
beneath the veneer of celebrity to understand the motivation
and personality of her subjects.
In 2000, her Interview column was nominated for a National Newspaper
Award.
Although known primarily
as a profile writer, Hampson has an interest in many topics.
She has covered business stories about female ambition, the
appeal of late-night browsing on the Shopping Channel, the
mating and feeding habits of Bay Street denizens and the retail
magic of Holt Renfrew. She has reflected on her life as a mother
of three boys. She has gone on a road trip through the dusty
Saskatchewan plains to write about the acclaimed “Saskatchewan Series” by
Canadian artist, Landon McKenzie. She has trekked across the Arctic
lowlands of Devon Island, the world’s largest uninhabited
island, for a travel memoir; ventured into the wrong Chicago ‘hood
with basketball legend, Isiah Thomas; and hung out in the Leafs’ Wives’ Room
to understand the behind-the-scenes culture of hockey.
In 2007,
she joined the staff in the Life section of The Globe and Mail.
That year, she began Generation Ex, a column about the social
phenomenon of divorce. She also writes Currency, a weekly column
about the way we spend money.
Her book about mid-life
post-divorce, A Place to Land, will be published by Knopf in
the spring, 2010.
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