Sarah Wildman is the author of PAPER LOVE. She has reported across Europe and the Middle East for The New York Times, Slate and The New Yorker, among other publications, and is a former New Republic staffer. She is the recipient of the Peter R. Weitz Prize from the German Marshall Fund of the United States, “for excellence and originality in reporting on Europe and the transatlantic relationship,” for the series in Slate where PAPER LOVE originated. Wildman lives in Washington, D.C.

Books by Sarah Wildman

Paper Love: Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind

by Sarah Wildman - Memoir, Nonfiction

Years after her grandfather’s death, journalist Sarah Wildman stumbled upon a cache of his letters. One woman’s letters stood out: those from Valy, her grandfather’s lover who had remained behind when he fled Europe six months after the Nazis annexed Austria. Obsessed with Valy’s story, Wildman began a quest that lasted years and spanned continents. She discovered, to her shock, an entire world of other people searching for the same woman.