About

Sarah is a regular contributor for the Financial Times, where she has spent more than two decades exploring the relationship of business to society and the environment. She also writes for Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Economist Group and others.

Sarah is author of “Making an Exit: From the Magnificent to the Macabre, How We Dignify the Dead,” and “Moveable Feasts: From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat.” Her essay, "The Water in Your Teacup” appeared in “The Soul & Spirit of Tea" (Talking Leaves Press, New York, 2013)

She has also edited books on philanthropy and sustainable investing: New York Times bestseller “Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World” by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen (Wiley, 2011), and “Making Money Moral” by Judith Rodin and Saadia Madsbjerg (Wharton School Press, 2021)

Sarah’s work has appeared in other publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Economist, The Times, The Guardian, Asia Literary Review, the South China Morning Post, the National Post (Canada), and Business Day (South Africa). She has worked as a journalist in the US, the UK, Hong Kong, Vietnam and South Africa.

In 2014, Sarah was awarded a Boehm Media Fellowship. In 2009, she was awarded a fellowship at Yaddo, the leading American artists’ residency.

More information:
www.sarahmurray.info

Awards and Recognition

  • In 2014, Sarah was awarded a Boehm Media Fellowship. In 2009, she was awarded a fellowship at Yaddo, the leading American artists’ residency. In 2008, Sarah's book Moveable Feasts was selected by JPMorgan Private Bank as one of its 10 summer “must read” books.