Sandra is the author of Sackets Harbor mysteries, a series set in a small tourist town on Lake Ontario among the Thousand Islands. The second book in the series, The Death Collector, due to release in June 2022, won first-place in fiction at Carolina Christian Writers Conference 2021 and the Scrivenings Press GetPubbed 2021 grand prize.
Sandra’s journey to write for publication began at Montrose Christian Writers Conference. She went on to publish several articles, short stories, and dozens of devotionals. The influence of Agatha Christie novels led her to find her voice in the cozy mystery genre.
Growing up on a dairy farm taught Sandra early how to milk cows, drive a tractor, and bail hay. But it also cultivated an appreciation for a summer’s walk through a field of clover, an autumn’s trek through a woodlot, and a spring’s rest on a creek bank. Any of which she may allow her favorite characters to do in their quest to solve a mystery.
She is married to her pastor, is a director of women’s ministries, and a Bible teacher. And if you ask, she will show you pictures of her fifteen grandchildren.