Sara Sher­bill writes about men­tal health, domes­tic vio­lence, and Jew­ish iden­ti­ty. Her work has appeared in Slate, The For­ward, Tablet, and else­where. She has worked as an inde­pen­dent edi­tor for the past decade after begin­ning her career at Alfred A. Knopf. She lives in Wash­ing­ton, DC.