Sarah Vowell Biography

Muskogee native Sarah Vowell is an American historian, author, journalist, essayist, social commentator, and actress. Most people that know her referrer to her as a “social observer,” Vowell is the author of seven nonfiction books on American history and culture. From 1996 to 2008 she was a contributing editor for the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International.

While there she produced numerous commentaries and documentaries and toured the country in many of the program’s live shows. She was also the voice behind Violet Parr in the animated film The Incredibles and its 2018 sequel.

Sarah Vowell Education

Vowell earned a B.A. from Montana State University in 1993 in Modern Languages and Literature. Not to mention, an M.A. in Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996. She received the Music Journalism Award in 1996.

Sarah Vowell Career

Moreover, Sarah’s the author of several books and has a great, classic radio voice that sounds like no one else. Some of her most popular stories are in these episodes: 81, 104, 107, 118, 151. Vowell’s first book, which had a radio as its central subject, caught the attention of This American Life host Ira Glass. The book gave Vowell the opportunity to become a frequent contributor to the show. Most of her essays started off as segments on the show.

In 2004, Vowell behind the voice of Violet Parr, a shy teenager, in the Pixar animated film The Incredibles. She reprised her role for the film’s sequel, Incredibles 2, in 2018. Furthermore, Vowell has also voiced the characters for various related video games and Disney on Ice presentations in the years following the film’s release.

The Incredibles filmmakers discovered Vowell from episode 81 – Guns This American Life, where she and her father fire a homemade cannon. Pixar gave a test animation to Violet using audio from that sequence. It was added to the DVD of The Incredibles.

Essay

She also authored and featured in a documentary added on the same DVD entitled Vowellett – An Essay by Sarah Vowell, where she talks about differences between being superhero Violet and being an author of history books on the subject of assassinated presidents, and what it means to her nephew Owen. Vowell also portrayed the role of Fernanda, Teacher Aunt Deborah and Mary Kelly in The School Future.

Vowell did commentary in “Murder at the Fair: The Assassination of President McKinley”, which is part of the History Channel miniseries, 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America. She has appeared in the They Might Be Giants documentary Gigantic.

Sarah also participated in the DVD commentary for the movie, along with the film’s director and They Might Be Giants’ John Linnell and John Flansburgh.In September 2006, Vowell was cast in the role of a minor character in the ABC drama Six Degrees. She was cast in an episode of HBO’s Bored to Death, as an interviewer in a bar. In 2010, Vowell was silently seen in the film Please Give, as a shopper. On November 17, 2011, Vowell for a little time become part of The Daily Show as the new Senior Historical Context Correspondent.

Sarah Vowell Age

When it comes to his age, Sarah was born on December 27, 1969, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S. She is 50 years old. She was born as Sarah Jane Vowell. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn.

Sarah Vowell Family

Sister/Father

Vowell was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She later relocated to Bozeman, Montana, with her family at the age of eleven. She also has a sister who is her fraternal twin Amy. Moreover, Sarah is the daughter to her father Jonathan Vowell and to her mother Maze Vowell. She was brought up together with a sister named Amy Vowell.

Vowell is part Cherokee (about 1/8 on her mother’s side and 1/16 on her father’s side). Vowell stated, “Being at least a little Cherokee in northeastern Oklahoma is about as rare and remarkable as being a Michael Jordan fan in Chicago.” She retraced the path of the forced removal of the Cherokee from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma, known as the Trail of Tears, with her twin sister Amy. In 1998, This American Life chronicled her story, devoting the entire hour to her work.

Sarah Vowell Husband

She is unmarried and has never had children. Sarah likes to keep his personal life private hence information about her dating life is not available. It is therefore not known whether he is married or has any children. However, this information will be updated as soon as it is available.

Vowell is on the advisory board of 826NYC, a nonprofit tutoring and writing center for students aged 6–18 in Brooklyn. Vowell is an atheist, though she describes herself as “culturally Christian.” In an interview with The A.V. Club, when asked if she believed in God, she stated, “Absolutely not.”

Sarah Vowell Body Measurements

Height; ft in'(Meters or cm): 5ft 7inches

Weight; Pounds(lbs): 71kg

Shoe Size: Not available

Body Shape: Not available

Hair Colour: Brown

Eye color: Brown

Sarah Vowell Salary

she earns over $800,000 as salary annually.

Sarah Vowell Net Worth

Vowell’s net worth is estimated to be $6 million. She has acquired her net worth through her career as a historian, actress, social commentator, author, journalist, and essayist.

Sarah Vowell Books

Vowell is a New York Times bestselling author of seven nonfiction books on American history and culture. Her most recent book is Lafayette in the Somewhat United States (2015), an account of the young French aristocrat who became George Washington’s trusted officer and friend, and afterward an American celebrity––the Marquis de Lafayette.

In a review for The New York Times, Charles P. Pierce wrote, “Vowell wanders through the history of the American Revolution and its immediate aftermath, using Lafayette’s involvement in the war as a map, and bringing us all along in her perambulations… and doing it with a wink.”  NPR reviewer Colin Dwyer wrote, “It’s awfully refreshing to see Vowell bring our founders down from their lofty pedestals. In her own words, they’re just men again, not the gods we’ve long since made of them.”

She is also the author of Unfamiliar Fishes (2011), it discusses the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Newlands Resolution. In her Los Angeles Times review, Susan Salter Reynolds wrote of Vowell, “Her cleverness is gorgeously American: She collects facts and stores them like a nervous chipmunk, digesting them only for the sake of argument.”

Unfamiliar Fishes

“Unfamiliar Fishes is a big gulp of a book, printed as an extended essay”, wrote Allegra Goodman in The Washington Post. “Lacking section or chapter breaks, Vowell’s quirky history lurches from one anecdote to the next. These are often entertaining, but in the aggregate they begin to sound the same, veering toward stand-up and a shaggy dog story—more David Sedaris than David McCullough.” Although Goodman also wrote that “Vowell tells a good tale” with “shrewd observations”, she found that “the narrative wears thin where casual turns cute and cute threatens to turn glib.”

Vowell’s earlier book, The Wordy Shipmates (2008), analyzes the settlement of the New England Puritans in America and their contributions to American history.

Her book Assassination Vacation (2005) describes a road trip to tourist sites devoted to the murders of presidents Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield and William McKinley.

She is the author of two essay collections, The Partly Cloudy Patriot (2002) and Takes the Cannoli (2000). Her first book Radio On: A Listener’s Diary (1997), is her year-long diary of listening to the radio in 1995.

The Village

Her writing has been published in The Village Voice, Esquire, GQ, Spin, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the SF Weekly, and she has been a regular contributor to the online magazine Salon. She was one of the original contributors to McSweeney’s, also participating in many of the quarterly readings and shows.

In 2005, Vowell served as a guest columnist for The New York Times for several weeks in July, briefly filling in for Maureen Dowd. Vowell also served as a guest columnist in February 2006, and again in April 2006. In 2008, Vowell contributed an essay about Montana to the book State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America.

Sarah Vowell Violet Incredibles

She is the voice of Violet Parr, the daughter in The Incredibles and Incredibles 2 whose superpowers include invisibility and force field manipulation. The Incredibles is a 2004 American computer-animated superhero film written and directed by Brad Bird, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, released by Walt Disney Pictures, and starring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Jason Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, and Elizabeth Peña.

Set in an alternate version of the 1960s, the film follows the Parrs, a family of superheroes who hide their powers in accordance with a government mandate and attempt to live a quiet suburban life. Mr. Incredible’s desire to help people draws the entire family into a confrontation with a vengeful fan-turned-foe and his killer robot.

Sarah Vowell New Book

This American Life

Vowell is a contributing editor for public radio’s This American Life and has written for Time, Esquire, GQ, Spin, Salon, McSweeney’s, The Village Voice, and the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of Radio On, Take the Cannoli and The Partly Cloudy Patriot. She lives in New York City.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) About Sarah Vowell

Who is Sarah Vowell?

Vowell is an American historian, author, journalist, essayist, social commentator, and actress.

How old is Vowell?

Sarah was born on December 27, 1969, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S. She is 50 years old.

How tall is Vowell?

The famous actress stands at a height of 5ft 7inches

Is Vowell married?

She is unmarried and has never had children. Sarah likes to keep his personal life private hence information about her dating life is not available. It is therefore not known whether he is married or has any children. However, this information will be updated as soon as it is available.

How much is Vowell worth?

She has an estimated net worth of $6 million.

How much does Vowell make?

Sarah earns over $800,000 as salary annually.

Where does Vowell live?

She lives in New York City.

Is Vowell dead or alive?

Sarah is still alive and in good health.

Where is Vowell now?

Vowell is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.

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