Sarah Henstra is a Canadian writer and academic. A professor of English literature and creative writing at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). She is most noted for her 2018 novel The Red Word, which won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards. She previously published the young adult novel Mad Miss Mimic in 2015. References 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women novelists Canadian writers of young adult literature Toronto Metropolitan University faculty Writers from Toronto Living people Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people)