Sandra Dallas

When I researched Sandra Dallas, I was surprised to learn of her long list of non-fiction books; I had known of her only through her fiction, which is wonderful. Ms. Dallas has a simple-to-navigate, but rich website (www.sandradallas.com), which includes first chapters from all her novels. It’s definitely worth a visit.  

(Author photo by Povy Kendal Atchison. Used with permission.)

Brief Bio (from author website www.sandradallas.com, used with permission)

Sandra Dallas, "a quintessential American voice," according to Jane Smiley in Vogue, published her first novel, Buster Midnight’s Café, in 1990. That was followed by The Persian Pickle Club, The Diary of Mattie Spenser, which was a finalist for Western Writers of America Best Western Novel of 1998, and her latest, Alice’s Tulips, a finalist for both the Women Writing the West Willa Award and the Colorado Book Award. Her books have been optioned for films and translated into half-a-dozen foreign languages. Before turning to fiction, Sandra wrote nine nonfiction books on the West. They include Sacred Paint, which won the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Wrangler Award, and Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, with photographs by her daughter. She was on the staff of Business Week for 25 years and as Denver Bureau Manager, Sandra was the publication’s first female bureau chief. As a reporter, she covered the Mountain States, writing about such diverse subjects as corporate mergers, Navajo energy development, New Mexican curandaras, and contemporary polygamy in Utah. Many of her experiences are incorporated into her novels. She free-lances for several publications and writes a monthly book column for The Denver Post. The mother of two grown daughters -- Dana is a lawyer in New Orleans, and Povy is a photographer in Golden, Colorado -- Sandra lives with her husband Bob in Denver.

Author website: www.sandradallas.com