Sandra McDonald is an American science fiction and fantasy author.
She is a graduate of Ithaca College, and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from the University of Southern Maine.
She has also worked as a Hollywood assistant, a software instructor, and an English composition teacher.
Her short story "The Ghost Girls of Rumney Mill" was shortlisted for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 2003.
Her short story collection Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories won the Lambda Literary Awards for LGBT SF, Fantasy and Horror works in 2011.