Sara Gruen

Sara Gruen is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Water for Elephants , now a major motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson, as well as the novels Riding Lessons , Flying Changes , and the New York Times bestseller Ape House . She shares her North Carolina home with her own version of a blended family: a husband, three children, four cats, two dogs, two horses, and a goat. She donates a portion of her earnings from all her books to various animal charities...See more

Sara Gruen is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Water for Elephants , now a major motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson, as well as the novels Riding Lessons , Flying Changes , and the New York Times bestseller Ape House . She shares her North Carolina home with her own version of a blended family: a husband, three children, four cats, two dogs, two horses, and a goat. She donates a portion of her earnings from all her books to various animal charities. See less