| Sally Hepworth | |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Notable Works: | The Secrets of Midwives |
Sally Hepworth (born 1980) is an Australian writer. She wrote seven books, most notably The Secrets of Midwives, a novel published in 2015, and The Good Sister, which won the 2021 Adult crime novel Davitt Award.[1] [2] Hepworth and her works have been featured in media outlets that have included USA Today, The New York Times, and The Sydney Morning Herald.[3] [4] [5]
Hepworth worked in both event management and Human Resources prior to becoming a writer.[5] While on maternity leave with her first child, Hepworth wrote Love Like the French, a novel about a British woman who goes to France after an accident leaves her husband in a coma.[6] The character goes to France to see what the French could teach her about living.[6] Hepworth was unable to finish the book immediately after her son Oscar was born, but the book was eventually published in Germany in 2014.[5]
In 2015, Hepworth released a second book, The Secrets of Midwives, that she wrote while pregnant with her second child. The novel is about three generations of midwives.[5] Her research for the book came from her own questioning of midwives during check-ups and reading fiction and nonfiction books on the subject.[5] KJ Dell'Antonia from The New York Times called it a "fast and fun read," with other reviews of the book coming by way of Publishers Weekly, The Sydney Morning Herald, and Kirkus Reviews.[7] [8] [9]
Hepworth has continued to release a novel every year, including The Things We Keep in 2016,[10] The Mother's Promise in 2017[11] and The Family Next Door in 2018.[12] The Family Next Door was Hepworth's first novel set in her hometown of Melbourne, Australia, a trend she has continued in her 2019 novel The Mother-in-Law.[13]
| Publication year | Title | Original publisher | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Darling Girls | St. Martin's Press | ISBN 9781250284525 | |
| 2023 | The Soulmate | St. Martin's Press | ISBN 9781250229700 | |
| 2022 | The Younger Wife | St. Martin's Press | ISBN 9781250229618 | |
| 2020 | The Good Sister | St. Martin's Press | ||
| 2019 | The Mother-in-Law | St. Martin's Press | ||
| 2018 | The Family Next Door | St. Martin's Press | Sally's first novel set in her hometown of Melbourne, Australia. | |
| 2017 | The Mother's Promise | St. Martin's Press | ||
| 2016 | The Things We Keep | St. Martin's Press | Announced release of 2016.[14] | |
| 2015 | The Secrets of Midwives | St. Martin's Press | ||
| 2014 | Love Like the French | Random House Germany | Published in German under the name Wenn du an meiner Seite bist.[15] | |
Hepworth resides in Melbourne, Australia with her husband and three children, Oscar, Eloise and Clementine Rose. On August 11, 2023, she announced her separation from her husband, Christian. [5]