Sarah Sharp Hamer was a 19th-century novelist from Yorkshire, England who wrote in several different genres, including home-economics, history, and children's literature.

[3]  According to a census in 1851[4] and other records, Sarah was born to parents John Heaton (1802-1866)[5] and Rachel Aspin (1806-1868)[6] and was one of five children in the family.

[16] Hamer, along with other women writing instructional and scientific books for children, "were excluded from practicing as scientists, and thus from demonstrably adding new knowledge to the world; still, they were deeply invested in making science comprehensible and available to readers"[17] Sam H. Hamer began his career by editing the Little Folks Magazine,[18] for Cassell and Company.

[1] After he worked as an editor, Sam Hamer wrote numerous books including The Dolomites,[19] Sunlight and Shade, and Stories and Pictures for Sundays.

The other writer in the family was Margaret Hamer, who wrote under the pen name Maggie Browne and published Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies, and a Tom Cat[21] which was illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Chats about Germany, Little Mothers and their Children, and Wandering Ways.