# Sandra Dallas

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**Sandra Dallas** is an American [author](/source/Author) of [fiction](/source/Fiction), [young adult fiction novels](/source/Young_Adult_Fiction), [children's fiction books](/source/Children's_literature), and [nonfiction books](/source/Nonfiction). Prior to her career as an independent author, she was a [reporter](/source/Reporter) and bureau chief for *[BusinessWeek](/source/BusinessWeek)* magazine for the Denver region.[1][2] She is a 2003 recipient of the [Spur Award for Best Western Novel](/source/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](/source/Journalism) from the [University of Denver](/source/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.[3] She lives in [Denver](/source/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](/source/Independent_Book_Publishers_Association)'s Benjamin Franklin Award for *The Quilt that Walked to Golden*
- [National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Wrangler Award](/source/National_Cowboy_%26_Western_Heritage_Museum) for *Sacred Paint*
- "A quintessential American voice" - [Jane Smiley](/source/Jane_Smiley), *[Vogue](/source/Vogue_(magazine))*
- Spur Award for Best Western Novel, 2003
- Spur Award for Best Western Short Novel, 2008

## Works

### Novels

- *Tough Luck* (April 2025)
- *Where Coyotes Howl* (April 2023)
- *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

- *Tenmile* (December 2022)
- *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

1. ["Sandra Dallas"](http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/sandra-dallas). Book Reporter. Retrieved 20 June 2012.

1. Patti Thorn (October 7, 2008). ["Interview with author Sandra Dallas"](http://m.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/Oct/07/interview-author-sandra-dallas/). Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 20 June 2012.

1. Patti Thorn (October 7, 2008). ["Interview with author Sandra Dallas"](http://m.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/Oct/07/interview-author-sandra-dallas/). Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 20 June 2012.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.sandradallas.com)

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