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Sarah Trala was born in 1991 and raised in Michigan.

Small Town Murders, Trala's debut thriller novel, published in 2022.
Following that, Trala has released multiple horror/thriller short stories.
Devil's Night and Carnival Prey were included in two anthologies from The Sisterhood of the Black Pen with Twisted Tales of Halloween Horror winning Best Indie Horror Book of the Year in 2023.

Trala is also a plumber (servicing the South Lyon, MI area), crafter, wife, and cat mom.
In 2011, she graduated from Specs Howard with a video/film degree and earned herself the Rossano Award.
She's worked on movie sets, including Brad Leo Lyon's Monsters on Main Street, and won an honorable mention for her short film Untold Love in the Three Minutes in Lyon ...more

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	Twisted Tales of Halloween Horror: A Collection of Spicy and Gory Halloween-Themed Short Stories by Gloria Lucas (Goodreads Author), Kristin Cragg, Dana Monaghan 3.88 avg rating — 324 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twisted Tales of Halloween Horror: Carnival of Carnage by Sarah Trala (Goodreads Author), Nico Silver (Goodreads Author), Lizzie Strong (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 151 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small Town Murders 3.83 avg rating — 35 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Nightmare Before Kindness: A Town of McHattie Tale it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small Town Murders by Sarah Trala (Goodreads Author), Madison Sweetwood (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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