Sarah Gridley is the author of four books of poetry: Weather Eye Open; Green is the Orator; Loom; and Insofar. Loom was awarded the 2011 Open Book Prize by Carl Phillips, and Insofar was awarded the 2019 Green Rose Prize by Forrest Gander. Other honors include the 2018 Cecil Hemley Award and the 2019 Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Theological and Religious Studies at John Carroll University.