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Lisa Sandlin


Born
Beaumont, Texas, The United States
Genre
Crime, Mystery


Lisa Sandlin was born in the Gulf Coast oil town of Beaumont, Texas, and lived there before and after a transfer sent her family to Naples, Italy, for three years. She graduated from Rice University in Houston and then lived many years in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Once she had earned an M.F.A. in Writing at Vermont College, Sandlin packed a small car and headed for Nebraska in January. She taught at Wayne State College 1997-2009, with semester leaves to teach at The University of Texas and Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey, and at University of Nebraska Omaha 2009-2018. Her books are "The Famous Thing About Death" (Cinco Puntos Press, 1991); "Message to the Nurse of Dreams" (Cinco Puntos Press, 1997), winner of the Violet Crown Award fro ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 2,424 ratings · 446 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors
The Do-Right
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Sweet Vidalia
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The Bird Boys (Delpha Wade ...
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In the River Province
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