Sara Powell Haardt (March 1, 1898 – May 31, 1935) was an American author and professor of English literature.

Though she died at the age of 37 of meningitis, she produced a considerable body of work including newspaper reviews, articles, essays, a novel The Making of a Lady, several screenplays and over 50 short stories.

[1] She is central to John Barton Wolgamot's notorious book-length poem, In Sara Mencken, Christ and Beethoven there were men and women (1944), recorded by the composer Robert Ashley.

While still an undergraduate at Goucher, she had become a professional writer, writing for literary reviews and popular periodicals.

[6] Despite Menken's reputation for being "a rock-ribbed bachelor"[7] and his criticism of suffragettes,[8] they married in a small Episcopal ceremony in Baltimore on August 27, 1930.