Sara Blædel (born 6 August 1964) is a Danish author.

[1] Blædel founded the "Sara B" crime fiction publishing company in 1993, and in 1995 she started to work as a journalist.

She is the daughter of journalist Leif Blædel and actress Annegrethe Nissen.

Blædel's first novel was Grønt støv, first published in Denmark in 2004, followed by Kald mig prinsesse (2005), Kun ét liv (2007), Aldrig mere fri (2008), Hævnens gudinde (2009), Dødsengelen (2010), and De glemte piger (2011).

Blædel's publications in other Scandinavian countries include: In May, 2013, Grand Central Publishing bought The Forgotten Girls and the next book in the Louise Rick series.