Sara Dahmen

I am novelist, screenwriter and non-fiction author, and am luckily repped/managed by great people. Much of my fictional work is under option and in development, and my screenplays are also under serious development between LA and London. My most recent non-fiction book, COPPER, IRON & CLAY: A SMITH'S JOURNEY (William Morrow / HarperCollins) was released end of April 2020. It's all about the history, science, use, and care of cookware. Why cookware?

Well, I'm the only female coppersmith who makes cookware in America. It's a dying art, so when I'm not writing, I'm in the garage, fixing 300-year-old coffee pots or building new copper skillets, or grinding away at 200-year-old tools building pieces the old fashioned way. I've had a long-standing apprenticeship with a master tinsmith, Bob, who has built authentic, hand-made props for THE REVENANT and THE MISSING.

He and I both offer historical data, knowledge, and background on props from the 1700s - 1800s FOR FREE (hint hint anyone making historical films!).

Prior to all the cookware and books, I owned and operated a Silver-Anvil Award winning event company in Milwaukee for ten years, which I sold in 2017 to a Native woman. Before that, I was a media and line producer for an advertising company, coordinating print, radio and TV commercials for clients such as CITGO and MasterCraft Boats.

I'm also a mom to three young kids, happily married for 15 years, and we have a mini-farm.