Sarah Leavitt

Sarah Leavitt is a Canadian cartoonist, writer and educator best known for her graphic memoir Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer’s, My Mother, and Me, an acclaimed, deeply personal account of her family’s experience with Alzheimer’s disease. The book explores caregiving, memory and the changing relationships between parents and children. Leavitt is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Creative Writing.