Sandra Dallas

Sandra Dallas is an award-winning American author of 13 adult novels, 2 children's novels, and 7 non-fiction books. Previously, she was an ex-reporter and bureau chief for BusinessWeek magazine for the Denver region.^[1][2]

Biography

Dallas received a degree in journalism from the University of Denver. She was a reporter for BusinessWeek for 25 years and was the magazine's first female bureau chief. She began writing in the 1970s during her time as a reporter. She lives in Denver with her husband Bob and has two grown daughters.^[3]

Awards & praise

• New York Times best-seller list for Prayers for Sale and True Sisters
• Independent Book Publishers Association's Benjamin Franklin Award for The Quilt that Walked to Golden
• National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Sacred Paint
• "A quintessential American voice" - Jane Smiley, Vogue

Works

Novels

• The Last Midwife (2015)
• A Quilt for Christmas (October 2014)
• Fallen Women (October 2013)
• True Sisters (April 2012)
• The Bride's House (May 2011)
• Whiter Than Snow (2010)
• Prayers for Sale (2009)
• New Mercies (2006)
• Tallgrass (2008)
• The Chili Queen (2003)
• Alice's Tulips (2001)
• The Diary of Mattie Spenser (1998)
• The Persian Pickle Club (1995)
• Buster Midnight's Cafe (1990)

Children's Novels Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky (September 2014)

• The Quilt Walk (September 2012)

Non-Fiction

• The Quilt That Walked to Golden (2007)
• Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps (1988)
• Colorado's Homes (1986)
• Gaslights and Gingerbread (1986)
• Sacred Paint: Ned Jacob (1979)
• Yesterday's Denver (1974)
• Cherry Creek Gothic - Victorian Architecture in Denver (1971)

External links

• Sandra Dallas Homepage

References

1. "Sandra Dallas". Book Reporter. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
2. Patti Thorn (October 7, 2008). "Interview with author Sandra Dallas". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
3. Patti Thorn (October 7, 2008). "Interview with author Sandra Dallas". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 20 June 2012.