Sara M. Harvey (born March 11, 1976) is an American
costume designer
A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...
, and an
author
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"''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...
of
fiction
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and
nonfiction
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, most notably having written multiple articles for the ''Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World History''. She is a regular speaker on the subjects of costume design at science-fiction conventions, and has won awards for her plus-sized creations.
Early life
Harvey was born in
San Leandro, California
San Leandro (Spanish for " St. Leander") is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area; between Oakland to the northwest, and Ashland, Castro Valley, and Hayward to the sou ...
, and grew up in the East Bay area of
Castro Valley, California
Castro Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alameda County, California, United States. At the 2010 census, it was the fifth most populous unincorporated area in California and the twenty-third most populous in the United States. The popula ...
. She graduated from
Moreau Catholic High School
Moreau Catholic High School is a college preparatory Roman Catholic secondary school sponsored by the Moreau Province of the Congregation of the Holy Cross. It is located in Hayward, California, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland und ...
and attended college at the
University of Puget Sound
The University of Puget Sound (UPS or Puget Sound) is a private university in Tacoma, Washington. The university draws approximately 2,600 students from 44 states and 16 countries. It offers 1,200 courses each year in more than 50 traditional an ...
in
Tacoma, Washington
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, and
California State University, East Bay
California State University, East Bay (Cal State East Bay, CSU East Bay, or CSUEB) is a public university in Hayward, California. The university is part of the 23-campus California State University system and offers 136 undergraduate and 60 pos ...
in
Hayward, California
Hayward () is a city located in Alameda County, California in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of 162,954 as of 2020, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the Bay Area and the third largest in Alameda Coun ...
before earning a
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
in theater arts with an emphasis in costume design from the
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California syste ...
. She later received a
Master of Arts
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in
visual culture
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The field of ...
, with an emphasis in costume history, from
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
.
Costuming
Harvey spent several years working for the costume department of the Renaissance Entertainment Corporation on events held in
California
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and
Wisconsin
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. She also spent a year and three months working in the Creative Costume Department of
Walt Disney World
The Walt Disney World Resort, also called Walt Disney World or Disney World, is an entertainment resort complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States, near the cities of Orlando and Kissimmee. Opened on October 1, 1971, th ...
in
Orlando
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures rele ...
(
Lake Buena Vista Buena Vista, meaning "good view" in Spanish, may refer to:
Places Canada
*Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, with the name being originally derived from “Buena Vista”
*Buena Vista, Saskatchewan
* Buena Vista, Saskatoon, a neighborhood in ...
),
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
.
She was an instructor of design and fashion history at the
International Academy of Design and Technology
The International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT) was a private for-profit media arts college in the United States with over ten branches. It was owned by Career Education Corporation. The institution was briefly merged with Sanford-Brown ...
branch in
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...
, known as
IADT Nashville IADT may refer to:
* International Academy of Design and Technology – a private, for-profit media arts college, several of which are located in Canada and the United States
*Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology – a specialised ...
, which has since closed.
She makes frequent appearances at conventions, speaking about and demonstrating costuming techniques at conferences such as
Arisia
Arisia is a Boston-area, volunteer-run science fiction convention, named for a planet in the Lensman novels by E. E. "Doc" Smith. The name was chosen in response to an older Boston-area con, Boskone, which took the typical ending for a conve ...
,
MidSouthCon
MidSouthCon is an annual multi-day fan convention in the Mid-Southern United States.
Background
Run by Mid-South Science and Fictions Conventions Inc., the annual multi-day fan convention focuses on anime, comic books, fantasy media, films, ...
,
Hypericon
Hypericon is a speculative fiction convention held yearly in June in Nashville, Tennessee. Hypericon is presented by Frontiers Nashville, a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of the fannish community and their myriad of interests ...
, and
Archon
''Archon'' ( gr, ἄρχων, árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, ''árchontes'') is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem αρχ-, mean ...
.
Harvey lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and child.
Published works
Fiction
* ''Music City'', June 2014, Mother of Muses Publishing,
* ''Seven Times a Woman'', November 2011, New Babel Books,
* ''The Tower of the Forgotten'', July 2011, Apex Book Company,
* ''Labyrinth of the Dead'', June 2010, Apex Book Company,
*''The Convent of the Pure'', April 2009, Apex Book Company,
*"Lost and Found," March 2009, short story, Kerlak Publishing, appearing in th
''Dragons Composed''anthology.
*"The Muse," December 2007, short story, Circle Dark Publishing e-book antholog
*''A Year and a Day,'' August 2006, paperback novel, Premium Press America under Long Meadow Books imprint,
Non-fiction
*''The American Beauty Industry,'' 2010,
Greenwood Publishing Group
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio. Established in 1967 as Gr ...
. Harvey contributed entries on fashion magazines, wigs, the "Natural Look," fashion designers, retail, and manufacturing.
*''Encyclopedia of World Dress and Costume,'' 2010, Greenwood Publishing Group. Harvey contributed chapters on Italy, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.
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*''Clothing in World History,'' December 2007, Greenwood Publishing Group:
** Costumes and history of ancient Persia
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** The 1960s and 1970s.
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References
External links
Official Web site*
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21st-century American novelists
American information and reference writers
American women novelists
Women science fiction and fantasy writers
Novelists from Tennessee
1976 births
Living people
California State University, East Bay alumni
21st-century American women writers
People from San Leandro, California
People from Castro Valley, California
Novelists from California
American women non-fiction writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers