Prior to her career as an independent author, she was a reporter and bureau chief for BusinessWeek magazine for the Denver region.
[1][2] She is a 2003 recipient of the Spur Award for Best Western Novel and a 2008 recipient of the Spur Award for Best Western Short Novel.
Dallas received a degree in journalism from the University of Denver.
She was a reporter for BusinessWeek for 25 years, and was the magazine's first female bureau chief.
[3] She lives in Denver with her husband Bob and has two grown daughters.