Early & Adult Life

Early Life
In 1969, Sarah Leavitt was born in a small island in Maine, United States. Ten years later, she moved to Canada with her family when her father started his job in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She had horrifying nightmares in her childhood that led her to having sleepless nights. However, she was comforted by her mother each time. Sarah was the eldest daughter of her parents. She and her one year younger sister, Hannah, grew up arguing and having physical fights. Eventually, her family moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick, where she attended high school. After graduation, she moved away from her family and, went to Montreal to complete her BA in Art History from McGill University. During her studies, she was actively involved in political activism. She also figured out that she was a lesbian when she learned about her sexuality and her parents supported her.

Adult Life
Sarah moved to Vancouver when she was 23 years old in 1992. On her trip back to visit her family in Fredericton, she is informed by her family members about her mother’s strange behaviour. After sometime, she found out that her mother had Alzheimer’s and thus, decided to spend a lot of with her before she passed away. Since Sarah also had a poor memory, she maintained a record of her mother’s last few years in the form of notes and sketches. She stayed close to her mother and took special care of her. She felt depressed at times because of her mother’s illness and the ways in which she transformed.

However, Sarah survived her tough time from the support of her partner, Donimo, who she described as “my work, my link to sanity, and my ass-kicker through the years of mom’s illness” (Leavitt, 2010, p.128).

Apart from her family struggles, she completed her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She became a writer and cartoonist in Vancouver.

Currently, she is still in a relationship with her long-time companion, Donimo. She is also working on a couple of exciting projects which will be released in the forthcoming years. On April 11, 2016, Sarah informs the readers about publishing a sneak peak of her future projects soon on her website.