Hi, I'm Sarah Flocken

I write books with unhinged plots and real human emotion. My debut novel, BE WELL, is coming out in June 2026.

Coming June 2026

BE WELL

In recession-ravaged 2009 Los Angeles, new college graduate Ann Ward takes increasingly desperate measures to avoid moving back to her desert hometown, where her televangelist father looms large. Along the way, she is drawn into Sagebrush, a holistic wellness collective and maybe-cult. What could go wrong?

If you love stories that manage to skewer both wellness culture and megachurches while following a “disaster girl” protagonist flailing into adulthood during the weird years of the late 2000s, this one’s for you.

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Praise for Be Well

Some kind words from smart people.

"Reading Be Well feels like living inside the world’s most devastatingly accurate Reductress headline. With razor-sharp humor and an uncanny eye for millennial absurdity, Sarah Flocken captures the particular cocktail of hope, humiliation, and existential dread that defined coming of age in 2009. A hilarious, addictive novel that will make many readers feel thrillingly—and terrifyingly—seen.

Candice Wuehle

Author of Monarch, an NPR Best Book of the Year

"Sarah Flocken's debut novel brilliantly captures the chaos of what it's like to be an unprepared college graduate desperate for a slice of solid ground in a ruthlessly shaky world. As someone who also came of age in the late aughts — and who may or may not have gone through a deeply misguided crystal phase of my own circa 2009 — Ann's character arc made me laugh, cry, and shriek in recognition. Calling all elder millennial book clubs: Be Well is a must-discuss for your next meeting!"

Nicolas DiDmoizio

Author of A Murder Most Camp

“Sharp, funny, and fast-paced. Be Well is an unflinching look at the sticky, alluring world of wellness and of a young woman’s search for direction and meaning as she attempts to answer the question: where do I belong? Steeped with humor, heart, and candor. A must read!”

Deborah Hemming

Author of Goddess

"Be Well paints a nostalgic portrait of coming of age in late-2000s Southern California. Sarah Flocken crafts a relatable heroine you can’t help but root for, even as her life spirals out of control by her own doing. Ideal for readers drawn to stories of messy ambition, complicated daughters, and the seductive pull of communities that promise to make everything better."

Holly James

Author of The Big Fix

"Be Well is a blazing debut that skewers the ‘wellness’ industry with wry humor and delicious irony. Packed with mid 2000s nostalgia and post-recession desperation, it builds and builds until…well, you’ll have to read to find out."

Charlee Dyroff