Sarah Louise Butler

Sarah Louise Butler is a novelist based in the West Kootenay region of the BC Interior. With a background in physical geography and environmental studies, her stories seek to portray natural landscapes and their non-human inhabitants as characters in their own right. Her debut novel, The Wild Heavens, was a 49th Shelf Book of the Year, and a favourite of book clubs and libraries across the country, including being chosen as a Vancouver Public Library Top 20 Favourite Books of 2020. Her second novel, Rufous and Calliope, is a “geographical fiction” that features runaway children, treehouse hideaways, early-onset dementia and the persistence of hope amidst ecological grief. It is a finalist for the 2026 BC and Yukon Book Prizes’ Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (2026). Both fiction titles have been translated and released in France. Butler was named a CBC Writer to Watch in 2020. Visit sarahlouisebutler.com | Follow on Instagram: @sarahlouise.butler