Sara M. Harvey

Sara M. Harvey
Sara Harvey, 2009
Born	March 11, 1976(1976-03-11)
Alma mater	University of California, Santa Cruz
Occupation	writer and costumer
Home town	Nashville, Tennessee
Website
saramharvey.com

Sara M. Harvey (born March 11, 1976) is an American costume designer, and an author of fiction and nonfiction, most notably having written multiple articles for the Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World History. She is a regular speaker on the subjects of costume design at science-fiction conventions, and has won awards for her plus-sized creations.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Harvey was born in San Leandro, California, and grew up in the East Bay area of Castro Valley, California. She graduated from Moreau Catholic High School and attended college at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, and California State University, East Bay in Hayward, California before earning a Bachelor of Arts in theater arts with an emphasis in costume design from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She later received a Master of Arts in visual culture, with an emphasis in costume history, from New York University.^[1]

Costuming

Harvey spent several years working for the costume department of the Renaissance Entertainment Corporation on events held in California and Wisconsin. She also spent a year and three months working in the Creative Costume Department of Walt Disney World in Orlando (Lake Buena Vista), Florida.

As of 2009, she is an instructor of design and fashion history at the International Academy of Design and Technology branch in Nashville, Tennessee^{[citation needed]} (called IADT Nashville for short). She also makes frequent appearances at conventions, speaking on and demonstrating costuming techniques at conferences such as Arisia, MidSouthCon, Hypericon, and Archon.

Harvey currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and child.

Published works

Fiction

• Labyrinth of the Dead, June 2010, Apex Book Company
• The Convent of the Pure, April 2009, Apex Book Company
• "Lost and Found," March 2009, short story, Kerlak Publishing, appearing in the Dragons Composed anthology.
• "The Muse," December 2007, short story, Circle Dark Publishing e-book anthology Twilight and Thorns.
• A Year and a Day, August 2006, paperback novel, Premium Press America under Long Meadow Books imprint.

Non-fiction

• The American Beauty Industry, 2010, Greenwood Publishing Group. Harvey contributed entries on fashion magazines, wigs, the "Natural Look," fashion designers, retail, and manufacturing.
• Encyclopedia of World Dress and Costume, 2010, Greenwood Publishing Group. Harvey contributed chapters on Italy, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.
• Harvey, Sara M. (2001). "The Juni-Hito Styles of Heian Japan". Clothesline (clotheslinejournal.com). http://www.clotheslinejournal.com/heian.html. Retrieved January 7, 2010. 
• Clothing in World History, December 2007, Greenwood Publishing Group:
  • Costumes and history of ancient Persia
  • Harvey, Sara M. (2007). "The Northern Renaissance". The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through World History: Volume 2, 1501-1800. Greenwood. pp. 61. ISBN 978-0313336645. http://books.google.com/books?id=S8bTzilz1BMC&pg=PA61&dq=The+Greenwood+Encyclopedia+of+Clothing+through+World+History&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0. 
  • The 1960s and 1970s.
  • Harvey, Sara M. (2008). "The Seventeenth Century". In Condra, Jill (editor). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World History. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313336645. http://books.google.com/books?id=S8bTzilz1BMC&pg=PA79&dq=The+Greenwood+Encyclopedia+of+Clothing+through+World+History&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0. 
  • Harvey, Sara M. (2007). "The Nineteenth Century". In Condra, Jill (editor). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World History. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313336645. http://books.google.com/books?id=q6FI2czFz6MC&pg=PR5&dq=the+greenwood+encyclopedia+of+clothing+through+world+history++%2B+%22sara+m+harvey%22. 

Awards

• 2009 Best in Show- Plus Size award at the St. Vincent de Paul Society's Discarded to Divine event.^{[citation needed]}

• 2007 Best in Show- Separates award at the St. Vincent de Paul Society's Discarded to Divine event.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ Sizemore, Jason. "Interview with Sara M. Harvey". Apex Book Company. http://www.apexbookcompany.com/apex-online/2009/03/interview-sara-m-harvey/. Retrieved January 7, 2010. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Official Web site
• "Sara M. Harvey interviews Michael Shanks". http://www.apexbookcompany.com/apex-online/2009/05/interview-with-michael-shanks-co-star-of-stargate-sg-1/. Retrieved January 7, 2010. ^{[dead link]}
• Harvey, Sara. "Interview with James Enge". http://sfscope.com/2009/04/interview-with-james-enge-cond.html. Retrieved January 7, 2010. 
• "Does Size Really Matter?". Barnes and Noble Book Club. http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Unabashedly-Bookish/Does-Size-Really-Matter/ba-p/339711#A476. Retrieved January 7, 2010. 
• "THE CONVENT OF THE PURE". Apex Book Company. http://www.apexbookcompany.com/products/2008/11/the-convent-of-the-pure-is-now-available-for-pre-order/. Retrieved January 7, 2010. ^{[dead link]}
• "Review: THE CONVENT OF THE PURE". Publishers Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6633421.html?industryid=47159. Retrieved January 7, 2010. ^{[dead link]}
• Williams, Jennifer. "Interview with Sara M. Harvey". Open Society Book Club. http://openbooksociety.com/article/obs-interview-author-sara-m-harvey/. Retrieved January 7, 2010. 
• "Sara M. Harvey". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Sara_M._Harvey. Retrieved January 7, 2010. 

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