About the Author

about Sarah Kanter

two minutes before

Calling the suburbs of Chicago her home, Sarah Kanter has lived from coast to coast, including Pennsylvania and Oregon, but when asked where home is, it is in Illinois. She has worked for over two decades in product management for healthcare software, where she focuses on understanding customers’ needs and working with software engineers to provide solutions.

A graduate of The University of Colorado, Boulder and Northwestern University where she studied psychology and counseling psychology which remains a passion and central to all she does. Her fascination with the intricacies of the human mind led her to storytelling, and she brings emotional nuance and psychological realism to her fiction.

Her debut novel, Two Minutes Before, began as a quiet exploration of how we move forward when life no longer fits the story we thought we were living. When she’s not writing, she enjoys driving trips, walking with her dogs, and reading a good psychological thriller.

Achievements

  • Product Manager of Best in KLAS software for 10 years (The Best in KLAS report recognizes software and services companies who excel in helping healthcare professionals improve patient care. All rankings are a direct result of the feedback of thousands of healthcare professionals over the prior year.)

  • Certified in product management, digital product management, design thinking, agile scrum, and AWS cloud

  • Golden Key and Psi Chi Honor Society earned during her studies in psychology at the University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Fostering dogs and approving permanent homes