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