Sarah Grace Perry is an English author known for her literary fiction. She has published four novels: After Me Comes the Flood in 2014, The Essex Serpent in 2016, Melmoth in 2018, and Enlightenment in 2024. Her work has achieved international reach, with translations into 22 languages. In July 2023, Perry was appointed Chancellor of the University of Essex, officially taking on the role on August 1, 2023.