Sarah Armstrong (born 1968) is an Australian journalist and novelist. Over an eight-year period she worked for the ABC on radio programs including AM, PM and The World Today where she won a Walkley Award in 1993.
In 2005, her first novel Salt Rain won the Dobbie Encouragement Award, and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.
Armstrong's 2025 novel, Run, won the Davitt Award for Children's Novel and was shortlisted for the Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers in 2026.
Novels
Salt Rain, 2004
His Other House, 2015
Promise, 2016
Big Magic, 2022
Magic Awry, 2023
Run, 2025
The Wave, 2026