Sandra Dallas is an American

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, and nonfiction books. Prior to her career as an independent author, she was a

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and bureau chief for ''

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'' magazine for the Denver region. She is a 2003 recipient of the

Spur Award for Best Western Novel This is a list of the works of fiction which have won the Spur Award for Best Western Novel: * 1953 - Novel: "Lawman" by Wayne D. Overholser using the pseudonym Lee Leighton * 1954 - Novel: "The Violent Land" by Wayne D. Overholser (2) * 1955 - No ...

and a 2008 recipient of the Spur Award for Best Western Short Novel.

Biography

Dallas received a degree in

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from the

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. 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

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with her husband Bob and has two grown daughters.

Awards & honors

* New York Times best-seller list for ''Prayers for Sale'' and ''True Sisters'' *

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'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" -

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, ''

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'' * Spur Award for Best Western Novel, 2003 * Spur Award for Best Western Short Novel, 2008

Works

Novels

*''Little Souls'' (April 2022) *''Westering Women'' (January 2020) *''The Patchwork Bride'' (June 2018) *''The Last Midwife'' (September 2015) *''A Quilt for Christmas'' (October 2014) *''Fallen Women'' (October 2013) *''True Sisters'' (April 2012) *''The Bride's House'' (May 2011) *''Whiter Than Snow'' (March 2010) *''Prayers for Sale'' (April 2009) *''Tallgrass'' (February 2008) *''New Mercies'' (February 2006) *''The Chili Queen'' (February 2003) *''Alice's Tulips'' (October 2000) *''The Diary of Mattie Spenser'' (May 1998) *''Prayers for Sale'' (April 1997) *''The Persian Pickle Club'' (October 1995) *''Buster Midnight's Cafe'' (April 1990)

Children's/Young Adult Novels

*''Someplace to Call Home'' (August 2019) *''Hardscrabble'' (March 2018) *''Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky'' (September 2014) *''The Quilt Walk'' (September 2012)

Non-Fiction

*''The Quilt That Walked to Golden'' (September 2007) *''Colorado's Homes'' (October 1986) *''Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps'' (March 1985) *''Sacred Paint: Ned Jacob'' (January 1979) *''Yesterday's Denver'' (December 1973) *''Cherry Creek Gothic: Victorian Architecture in Denver'' (May 1971) *''Gaslights and Gingerbread'' (January 1965) *''No More Than Five in a Bed: Colorado Hotels in the Old Days'' (July 1962)

References

External links

Official website
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