Sara Marinelli is an Italian writer, audioproducer, and educator based in San Francisco. Her publications in English appear in Chicago Quarterly Review, ZYZZYVA online, Blue Mesa Review, New American Writing, PUMMAROL’. In Italy, she has written for Nazione Indiana, Il Manifesto, Alias, Leggendaria.
A Teaching Artist at the San Francisco Opera and editor and co-producer of the Wondery podcast “This is Actually Happening,” she collaborated with the first Italian Literary Festival in San Francisco, “La Piazza,” and created and produced the litcast “Voci d’autore da La Piazza.” She was a 2024-2025 Brown-Handler Writer in Residence with Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, and is a 2026 Creative in Residence at The Ruby SF.
She teaches Comparative Literature and Culture and Creative Writing at the University of San Francisco, where she was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2023, and the Innovations in Instruction Award in 2025.