Lives • Places • Possibilities
And a story can take us further
than we ever expected to go.
Welcome to my writing world
From lives remembered to adventures imagined, my projects explore people, places and the things that connect us. Some begin with a memory. Others with a question. And one begins with a very determined honey badger.
On my writing desk
Books and stories in development.
Publication details will follow as each is ready.
Historical & family writing
Lives, memories and the search for understanding. A developing historical and family project bringing remembered experience into conversation with documentary research.
A remembered life and a surviving record can tell different parts of a story. This project makes room for both, while keeping verified facts, recollections and unresolved questions distinguishable.
In development · Publication details to be announced.
Children’s & family adventure
Meet Rumble: a young honey badger with a busy nose and very firm opinions. An illustrated adventure from the Serengeti to Zanzibar, and a friendship that matters when home feels far away.
Rumble is a young honey badger with a busy nose and very firm opinions.
An unfamiliar smell can stop him halfway through whatever he is doing. A rustle inside a bag can change his plans entirely. He likes to find out how things work, what is underneath them and, whenever possible, whether they can be eaten.
From the introduction to Badger on Board · Written as S J Hernandez.
An illustrated coastal story
An otter, a sea lion and a blue whale travel along a changing coast. A story about what is precious, what we can release, and what we need help carrying.
After a storm damages his cove, an otter sets out with a makeshift raft of salvaged possessions. Along the way, he meets a sea lion whose humour hides a vulnerable side, and a whale hoping to hear a voice answer her own.
Working title · In development.
About Sarah
I’m Sarah Jean Hernandez. I write across historical and family stories and illustrated fiction, including work under the name S J Hernandez.
I’m interested in what we remember, what we discover and what makes us feel that we belong. My projects move between real lives and imagined adventures, with room for warmth, humour and questions that stay with us.
I’m also developing Inkhorne Publishing, a home for stories that deepen understanding and awaken imagination.
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“Yes to possibility.”
Sarah Jean Hernandez
Let’s start a conversation
For enquiries about my writing, books or potential collaborations, get in touch through Inkhorne.
hello@inkhorne.com