Sandra is a six-time recipient of the Women Writing the West Willa Award for New Mercies, The Bride’s House, True Sisters, A Quilt for Christmas, Hardscrabble and Someplace to Call Home. Turning to fiction in 1990, Sandra has published 18 novels, including Westering Women, and four young adult books, the latest Someplace to Call Home. Benjamin Franklin Award, and Sacred Paint, a biography of artist Ned Jacob. They include The Quilt That Walked to Golden, recipient of the Independent Publishers Assn. While a reporter, she began writing the first of her nonfiction books. Many of her experiences have been incorporated into her novels. A staff member for twenty-five years (and the magazine’s first female bureau chief,) she covered the Rocky Mountain region, writing about everything from penny-stock scandals to hard-rock mining, western energy development to contemporary polygamy. A journalism graduate of the University of Denver, Sandra began her writing career as a reporter with Business Week.
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