The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas

There was a lot of foreshadowing in the book and I wanted to keep reading to see if things would turn out the way I thought they might or not. It certainly had some elements in it that disappointed me. I know there will be some in my book group that won't care for this. The mother of two daughters-Dana is an attorney in New Orleans and Povy is a photographer in Golden, Colorado-Sandra lives in Denver with her husband, Bob. Award, and a four-time finalist for the Women Writing the West Willa Award. In addition, she was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award, the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Assn. Sandra is the recipient of the Women Writing the West Willa Award for New Mercies, and two-time winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award, for The Chili Queen and Tallgrass. Turning to fiction in 1990, Sandra has published eight novels, including Prayers For Sale. They include Sacred Paint, which won the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Wrangler Award, and The Quilt That Walked to Golden, recipient of the Independent Publishers Assn. While a reporter, she began writing the first of ten nonfiction books. Many of her experiences have been incorporated into her novels. 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. 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.Ī journalism graduate of the University of Denver, Sandra began her writing career as a reporter with Business Week. Award-winning author SANDRA DALLAS was dubbed “a quintessential American voice” by Jane Smiley, in Vogue Magazine.

The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas