Sarah Treem

Having started her career in theater, Treem’s most recent stage production When We Were Young and Unafraid premiered in the summer of 2014, which starred Cherry Jones and was directed by Pam MacKinnon. A Feminine Ending premiered at Playwrights Horizons and went on to be produced at South Coast Repertory and Portland Center Stage, among others. The How and The Why premiered at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ. It was directed by Emily Mann and starred Mercedes Ruehl. It also went on to productions at Interact Theatre and Trinity Repertory. Treem's other plays include Empty Sky (Bloomington Playwrights Project), Orphan Island (Sundance Theater Lab), Human Voices (New York Stage and Film) and Mirror Mirror.

Treem’s work in television began on the acclaimed HBO series In Treatment. She then moved on to writing and co-executive producing the political drama House of Cards. In 2014, Treem co-created the hit Showtime series The Affair. Set in Montauk, NY, the show examines the psychological effects of an affair between a married waitress and a teacher who spends his summer at his in-laws' estate in the small coastal town. The series tells the same story from multiple perspectives and won the Golden Globe for Outstanding Drama series in 2015. Treem said that "the concept is that two people can be in the same conversation and have radically different experiences." In addition to her Golden Globe win, Treem’s work has earned her nominations for the Humanitas Prize, Primetime Emmy Awards and four Writers Guild Awards, including two wins for New Series for House of Cards and In Treatment.

As of February 2014, Treem is adapting the memoir Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy, by Susan Spencer-Wendel. The book deals with coping with the disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and will be a Universal Studios feature film.

Treem has a 2002 B.A. from Yale College, where she was in the residential college Branford College, and a 2005 M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama. During college Treem interned at New Dramatists.