Canadian writer
Sandy Frances Duncan is a Canadian writer of novels, mysteries, and short stories.[1] Her novel Gold Rush Orphan was among the finalists for the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize in 2005.[2] She has contributed short fiction to anthologies, including Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told and Celebrating Canadian Women,[3] and to magazines including Makara, Northern Journey, and Canadian Fiction.[1]
Duncan, born in Vancouver in 1942, holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of British Columbia. She worked as a psychologist at Woodlands School, New Westminster, British Columbia; Burnaby Mental Health Center in Burnaby, and for the Metropolitan Health Department in Vancouver before turning to writing full-time in 1973.[1]
Bibliography
Novels
- Cariboo Runaway (1976)
- Kap-Sung Ferris (1977)
- The Toothpaste Genie (1981)
- Dragonhunt (1981)
- Finding Home (1982)
- Pattern Makers (1989)
- Listen to Me, Grace Kelly (1990)
- British Columbia: Its Land, Mineral and Water Resources (1996)
- Gold Rush Orphan (2004)[1]
Mysteries
Four novels, co-authored with George Szanto, comprise the Islands Investigations International Mysteries, as follows:
- Never Sleep with a Suspect on Gabriola Island (2009)[4]
- Always Kiss the Corpse on Whidbey Island (2010)[5]
- Never Hug a Mugger on Quadra Island (2011)[6]
- Always Love a Villain on San Juan Island (2013)[7]
References