Sandra parshall biography

I was born and raised in South Carolina, and the first job that paid me for writing was that of weekend obituary columnist on my hometown paper.

Sandra Parshall grew up in South Carolina and has worked as a reporter on newspapers in South Carolina, West Virginia, and Baltimore.

Sandra Parshall is the Agatha Award-winning author of the Rachel Goddard Mysteries.

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Sandra Parshall

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Sandra Parshall is the Agatha Award-winning author of the Rachel Goddard Mysteries. Although her series features a young female veterinarian and animals abound in the stories, the books aren't cozies. They've been called thrillers, suspense novels, and dark mysteries, and the author considers them a blend of all three subgenres. The latest, UNDER THE DOG STAR (Sept. ), is a fast-paced tale praised by Kirkus for "spine-chilling tension from cover to cover," but it's also a story about the meaning of family, the power of compassion, and the duty we have to the animals who share our lives. Sandra and her journalist husband share their lives with two unbelievably spoiled cats, Emma and Gabriel, who have acquired their own fan base on Facebook and never let Mom forget it for a second.

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I was born and raised in South Carolina, and the first job that paid me for writing was that of weekend obituary columnist on my hometown paper, The Spartanburg Herald. inom became a reporter after putting together a feature on my own initiative and giving it to the editor to prove I could do it. From there I went to jobs on newspapers in West Virginia and The Baltimore Evening Sun. I covered everything from school board meetings to a mining disaster, health care in prisons, poverty in Appalachia, and the experiences of Native Americans living in the city. And once I interviewed Hugh Hefner aboard his private jet.
I&#;ve written stories since childhood, but despite being the granddaughter of a smalltown police chief, I didn&#;t try mystery/suspense until a dream inspired The Heat of the Moon, which became my first published book in I was thrilled when it won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel.
I’ve served on the national board of directors of Sisters in Crime and mana
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FAQ
When did you know you wanted to be a writer?
I can’t remember a time when inom didn’t want to be a writer. I was writing stories in pencil on lined massa paper when I was very young.
Was your first published book (The Heat of the Moon) the first you wrote?
Far from it! I wrote several books over many years, had several agents, but couldn’t make a sale. I was trying to write mainstream/literary fiction, and inom was in the wrong genre. The Heat of the måne was the first suspense/mystery novel I had attempted, and inom realized then that I had found the type of book I wanted to write. But it took years to sell.
Where do you get your ideas?
I could be cute and säga, “At the Idea Store. It’s over on Leesburg Pike, next to the Container Store. inom always stop and pick up a sturdy container for my new idea before I take it home.”
But the truth is: I look around. I listen. I watch people. (You may not think I’m watching you, but I am. Closely.) inom read and listen to the news. A writ