Sandy Frances Duncan is a Canadian writer of novels, mysteries, and short stories. Her novel ''Gold Rush Orphan'' was among the finalists for the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize in 2005. She has contributed short fiction to anthologies, including ''Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told'' and ''Celebrating Canadian Women'', and to magazines including

Makara ''Makara'' ( sa, मकर, translit=Makara) is a legendary sea-creature in Hindu mythology. In Hindu astrology, Makara is equivalent to the Zodiac sign Capricorn. Makara appears as the vahana (vehicle) of the river goddess Ganga, Narmada, a ...

, Northern Journey, and Canadian Fiction. Duncan, born in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

in 1942, holds

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and

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s from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

. She worked as a psychologist at Woodlands School,

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, British Columbia; Burnaby Mental Health Center in

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, and for the Metropolitan Health Department in Vancouver before turning to writing full-time in 1973.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''

Cariboo Runaway ''Cariboo Runaway'' is a young adult novel by Canadian writer Sandy Frances Duncan, published in 1976. Set in the Cariboo region of British Columbia during the Cariboo Gold Rush of 1864, the novel follows Elva Parkhurst, a young girl from Victori ...

'' (1976) * ''Kap-Sung Ferris'' (1977) * ''The Toothpaste Genie'' (1981) * ''Dragonhunt'' (1981) * ''Finding Home'' (1982) * ''Pattern Makers'' (1989) * ''Listen to Me, Grace Kelly'' (1990) * ''British Columbia: Its Land, Mineral and Water Resources'' (1996) * ''Gold Rush Orphan'' (2004)

Mysteries

Four novels, co-authored with

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, comprise the Islands Investigations International Mysteries, as follows: * ''Never Sleep with a Suspect on Gabriola Island'' (2009) * ''Always Kiss the Corpse on Whidbey Island'' (2010) * ''Never Hug a Mugger on Quadra Island'' (2011) * ''Always Love a Villain on San Juan Island'' (2013)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Sandy Frances 1942 births Living people 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian short story writers Canadian women non-fiction writers University of British Columbia alumni Writers from Vancouver Canadian mystery writers Women mystery writers 20th-century Canadian women writers