Her 2014 novel Las Inviernas was a finalist for the Premio Herralde, and in translation (by Samuel Ritter as The Winterlings) won two English PEN awards.

[2][3] Sánchez-Andrade's stories have earned several literary awards,[1] and in 1999 she published Las lagartijas huelen a hierba, a novel about the search for identity that was well-received for its narrative originality and structure.

The stories on which it was based, mostly told by the author's paternal grandmother, involve premonitions, visions, and apparitions derived from superstition and religion.

The trip fosters the recovery of the past and the panoramic painting of a peculiar family group whose center is occupied by the lady and her usual servant-companion.

In 2017 she was guest author at Villa Sarkia in Finland, and that year she also received a Cultura Viva National Award for narrative.