Holland was born on November 1961 at Folkestone, Kent, England.
The daughter of Sheila Coates Holland (best-selling novelist Charlotte Lamb) and classical biographer, ex-Times journalist Richard Holland, she has two sisters; poet and novelist Jane Holland and artist and singer/songwriter Charlotte Holland known as Miss Spooky Mooky, and two brothers Michael Holland and David Holland; both musicians and singer/songwriters.

Holland suffered epilepsy in her teens and had to leave Wanstead High School, London with a handful of O levels at sixteen.
Subsequently, educated at home by her parents, who owned a private library of over 50,000 books, she moved to the Isle of Man with them in 1978 and, in 1980, began training to write at her mother's side.

Holland has travelled extensively, writing and researching in 56 countries and 5 continents,((cn)) many of which feature in her books.
She has lived in 8 countries: England, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Hong Kong, Australia, Holland, France and the United States (Texas and San Francisco).

Holland currently lives in Scotland and works in Edinburgh.
Holland was born on November 1961 at Folkestone, Kent, England. The daughter of Sheila Coates Holland (best-selling novelist Charlotte Lamb) and classical biographer, ex-Times journalist Richard Holland, she has two sisters; poet and novelist Jane Holland and artist and singer/songwriter Charlotte Holland known as Miss Spooky Mooky, and two brothers Michael Holland and David Holland; both musicians and singer/songwriters.
Holland suffered epilepsy in her teens and had to leave Wanstead High School, London with a handful of O levels at sixteen. Subsequently, educated at home by her parents, who owned a private library of over 50,000 books, she moved to the Isle of Man with them in 1978 and, in 1980, began training to write at her mother's side.
Holland has travelled extensively, writing and researching in 56 countries and 5 continents,((cn)) many of which feature in her books. She has lived in 8 countries: England, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Hong Kong, Australia, Holland, France and the United States (Texas and San Francisco).
Holland currently lives in Scotland and works in Edinburgh.
Sarah Holland