Meet the author

Sara Varon.

Writer & illustrator · United States

Sara Varon: American cartoonist behind Robot Dreams (with Oscar-nominated animated adaptation), Bake Sale and New Shoes — gentle, emotionally precise middle-grade graphic novels for ages 8–12.

Sara Varon is an American cartoonist best known for Robot Dreams (2007), the silent middle-grade graphic novel about a dog and a robot's friendship, recently adapted into the Oscar-nominated 2023 Spanish animated film, and a string of other gentle graphic novels (Sweaterweather, Bake Sale, New Shoes, Hold Hands). Varon's style is loose, character-driven and emotionally precise, with strong skill at depicting the small everyday textures of friendship and loss. A core contemporary middle-grade graphic-novel author for ages 8–12 in the gentle-emotional register.