Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage a Hollywood, California, a ranar 4 ga Oktoba, 1936. Iyayenta, Cedric Belfrage da Molly Castle, daga baya suka koma New York inda Sally ta yi karatu a Bronx High School of Science da Hunter College, kafin a kai iyayenta London a matsayin 'yan gurguzu. Bayan dawowarta Ingila, Sally Belfrage ta shiga Makarantar Tattalin Arziki ta London, kuma bayan kammala karatun ta halarci
Bikin Duniya na 6 na Matasa da Dalibai a Moscow, ya tafi kasar Kwaminisanci ta Sin kuma ya yi aiki a gidan buga littattafan kasashen waje, Moscow, a 1957.