Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman

Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman are award-winning folklorists, teachers, and writers with a combined 26 years in higher education and over 150 publications.

Together, they founded The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic, teaching creative souls how to re-enchant their lives through folklore and fairy tales. In 2019, Carterhaugh won the Dorothy Howard Award from the American Folklore Society.

When they aren’t teaching at Carterhaugh, they are scholars, writers and best friends who have published peer-reviewed articles, appeared on podcasts, sold stories and poems, written book introductions and encyclopedia entries, and written for magazines and blogs. Sara and Brittany also deliver sold-out lectures at venues like the Smithsonian, The Library of Congress, the Profs & Pints series, The University of Cambridge, the Maryland Renaissance Festival, and many more. (They’ve also been known to crush “Total Eclipse of the Heart” at karaoke.) You can stream their series The Real History of Dracula and Urban Legends Explained on the Great Courses Plus, and their first book Fairylore is available for preorder and will be out on February 10th, 2026.

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