Sara K. Orr is a book-loving attorney who traded her BigLaw partnership for a career in writing.
For over two decades, she enjoyed practicing environmental law at Latham & Watkins and Kirkland & Ellis. Her legal work primarily focused on the energy industry, including the financing of the largest energy project in Africa. She had the privilege of traveling the world to meet with clients and worked for a decade in Washington, DC. One of her most cherished professional accomplishments was receiving Latham’s Best Supervisor Award multiple years in a row.
In 2022, she decided to take a creative writing course which led to many more and the decision to go all-in on writing in 2023. Armed with degrees from Harvard (psychology), University of Michigan (law) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (English literature), she now bills her time writing upmarket novels and essays about ambition, female friendship, nature, wellness, and the meaning of modern luxury.
After enjoying years of city-living in DC and Chicago, Sara now resides in the Chicago suburbs with her pets. When not writing or reading, Sara can be found volunteering with animals, Aunting her niece and five nephews, or shopping for school supplies (with the occasional designer fashion splurge).
