The Colorado Book (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781682753316)

New York Times best-selling author SANDRA DALLAS, the author of 18 adult novels, five middle-grade novels, and 10 nonfiction books, was dubbed "a quintessential American voice" by Jane Smiley, in Vogue Magazine. Sandra's novels with their themes of loyalty, friendship, and human dignity have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and have been optioned for films.

A journalism graduate of the University of Denver, Sandra began her writing career as a reporter with Business Week. A staff member for twenty-five years (and the magazine's first female bureau chief, ) she covered the Rocky Mountain region, writing about everything from penny-stock scandals to hard-rock mining, western energy development to contemporary polygamy. Many of her experiences have been incorporated into her novels.

While a reporter, she began writing the first of her nonfiction books. They include The Quilt That Walked to Golden, recipient of the Independent Publishers Assn. Benjamin Franklin Award, and Sacred Paint, a biography of artist Ned Jacob.

Turning to fiction in 1990, Sandra has published 18 novels, including Westering Women, and four young adult books, the latest Someplace to Call Home. Sandra is a six-time recipient of the Women Writing the West Willa Award for New Mercies, The Bride's House, True Sisters, A Quilt for Christmas, Hardscrabble and Someplace to Call Home.