Sarah Smarsh (born 8 August 1980) is an American journalist and nonfiction writer.

Her family moved frequently, and she attended eight schools before she reached ninth grade.

[6] She has written for publications including the Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, The Guardian, and The New Yorker.

[9] She Come By It Natural (2020) is a collection of essays about Dolly Parton, provoked by stereotyped coverage of rural people in the context of the 2016 election.

The podcast spotlights and interviews people from rural and working class communities, similar to the ones that Smarsh herself grew up in, in order to dispel stereotypes about themselves and the places where they live.