Sandra Dallas

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.