Lynda Sandoval

Lynda Sandoval is a former police officer-turned fiction writer with 22 published (or soon to be published) books to her credit. She's written women's fiction and nonfiction for HarperCollins Rayo; romance for Silhouette Special Edition; a romantic novella for Avon A; and young adult novels and novellas for Simon & Schuster and Houghton Mifflin. She launched her career with five award-winning books for Kensington Bouquet and Pinnacle Encanto, and her popular nonfiction text published by Gryphon Books for Writers, True Blue: An Insider's Guide to Street Cops—For Writers, is still selling strong.

Lynda also works half-time as an emergency 9-1-1 dispatcher for the Fire/EMS Department, teaches writing for Long Ridge Writer's Group, volunteers at a GLBTQ youth center and speaks regularly to book groups and clubs.

Lynda's Awards:

Look of Love/Pinnacle Encanto/1999

~~2000 Rising Star award

One and Only/Pinnacle Encanto/2001

~~4-1/2 star Gold Medal Top Pick in Romantic Times

~~2002 Golden Quill Award, Short Contemporary

Thief of Hearts/Pinnacle Encanto/2001

~~2003 Colorado Romance Writers' Keeper Award

~~2002 Beacon Award, Long Contemporary

~~Finalist, 2002 Booksellers' Best Contest, Long Contemporary

~~Finalist, 2002 Golden Quill award, Long Contemporary

Unsettling/HarperCollins Rayo/2004

~~2005 Write Touch Readers' Award, Mainstream Fiction

~~2005 Laurie Award of Excellence, Single Title Fiction

~~2005 The Lories, Mainstream Fiction

~~2005 The Lories, Best of the Best Published

~~2005 Colorado Romance Writers' Award of Excellence, Mainstream Fiction

~~2nd place, 2005 More than Magic Award, Mainstream Fiction

~~2nd place, 2005 Beacon Award, Mainstream Fiction

~~Finalist, 2005 Golden Quill Award, Mainstream Fiction

~~Finalist, 2005 Aspen Gold Award, Single Title Fiction

~~Finalist, 2005 National Readers' Choice Award, Single Title Fiction

And Then There Were Three/Silhouette Special Edition/2004

~~Two weeks on the Waldenbooks Series Bestsellers' List, peaking at #3

~~2nd place, 2005 The Lories, Long Contemporary

~~Finalist, 2005 Colorado Romance Writers' Award of Excellence, Long Contemporary

~~Finalist, 2005 Orange Rose Award, Long Contemporary

One Perfect Man/Silhouette Special Edition/2004

~~2005 Holt Medallion, Long Contemporary

~~2005 Write Touch Readers' Award, Long Contemporary

~~3rd place, 2005 More than Magic Award, Long Contemporary

~~Honorable Mention, 2005 Barclay Gold Award, Long Contemporary

~~Finalist, 2005 Colorado Romance Writers' Award of Excellence, Long Contemporary

Who's Your Daddy?/Simon Pulse/2004

~~Finalist, Colorado Endowment for the Humanities's Colorado Book Award, Young Adult Literature

~~2007 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award nominee

~~2005 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers

~~2005 New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age

~~2005 National Readers' Choice Award, Young Adult Literature

~~2005 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, Young Adult Literature

Chicks Ahoy/Simon Pulse/2005

~~2006 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers

~~2006 Books that Kids Love and Parents Hate, Cleveland Public Library System

The Other Sister/Silhouette Special Edition/2007

~~Nominee, 2007 Romantic Times BOOKCLUB Best Special Edition of the Year

~~Borders Group/Waldenbooks Series Romance Bestseller

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