Sandra Scofield is the author of seven novels, most recently Plain Seeingand A Chance to See Egypt. Her work has received wide critical praise, including nominations for the National Book Award (1991) and for the Oregon Book Award (1994, 1996), awards from the Before Columbus Foundation (1992) and the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Fiction (1997). Her essay, "Writing from Love and Grief and Fear" was included in the National Book Foundation anthology, The Writing Life.

Sandra was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, and now lives in Oregon. She has taught numerous workshops and short residencies, and has spoken at the Iowa Center for the Book, Des Moines; and visited the Spokane Reservation, both on behalf of the National Book Foundation. She also participated in the NBF's "Pleasures of Reading" writer residency program in 1998. She is a regular contributor of book reviews to the Portland Oregonian, Chicago Tribune, and Newsday, and writes frequently for other newspapers, including the Boston Globe.

Books by Sandra Scofield

Plain Seeing

by Sandra Scofield