Sandra Dallas
Sandra Dallas is an American author of fiction, young adult fiction novels, children's fiction books, and nonfiction books. Prior to her career as an independent author, she was a reporter and bureau chief for BusinessWeek magazine for the Denver region. She is a 2003 recipient of the Spur Award for [Best Western Novel] and a 2008 recipient of the Spur Award for Best Western Short Novel.
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.Awards & honors
- 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
- Spur Award for Best Western Novel, 2003
- Spur Award for Best Western Short Novel, 2008
Works
Novels
- Tough Luck
- Where Coyotes Howl
- Little Souls
- Westering Women
- The Patchwork Bride
- The Last Midwife
- A Quilt for Christmas
- Fallen Women
- True Sisters
- The Bride's House
- Whiter Than Snow
- Prayers for Sale
- Tallgrass
- New Mercies
- The Chili Queen
- Alice's Tulips
- The Diary of Mattie Spenser
- Prayers for Sale
- The Persian Pickle Club
- ''Buster Midnight's Cafe''
Children's/Young Adult Novels
- Tenmile
- Someplace to Call Home
- Hardscrabble
- Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
- ''The Quilt Walk''
Non-Fiction
- The Quilt That Walked to Golden
- Colorado's Homes
- Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps
- Sacred Paint: Ned Jacob
- Yesterday's Denver
- Cherry Creek Gothic: Victorian Architecture in Denver
- Gaslights and Gingerbread
- ''No More Than Five in a Bed: Colorado Hotels in the Old Days''