avg_rating: 3.72
name: Lynda Sandoval
about: **Since I'm intimately familiar with the blood, sweat, and tears that go into producing a book, I will only be listing my 4-and 5-star reads. We don't all like the same fare (as is evidenced by some of the Goodreads ratings on my own work!), so if I don't love a book, you won't see it on my page. I'm not interested in bashing anyone else's creative efforts or negatively influencing anyone's reading choices. This is PURELY my choice, and how you review is up to you. On with the bio.**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 A **Since I'm intimately familiar with the blood, sweat, and tears that go into producing a book, I will only be listing my 4-and 5-star reads. We don't all like the same fare (as is evidenced by some of the Goodreads ratings on my own work!), so if I don't love a book, you won't see it on my page. I'm not interested in bashing anyone else's creative efforts or negatively influencing anyone's reading choices. This is PURELY my choice, and how you review is up to you. On with the bio.**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 &amp; 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 ContemporaryThief 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 ContemporaryUnsettling/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 FictionAnd 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 ContemporaryOne 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 ContemporaryWho'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 LiteratureChicks Ahoy/Simon Pulse/2005~~2006 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers~~2006 Books that Kids Love and Parents Hate, Cleveland Public Library SystemThe Other Sister/Silhouette Special Edition/2007~~Nominee, 2007 Romantic Times BOOKCLUB Best Special Edition of the Year~~Borders Group/Waldenbooks Series Romance Bestseller	www.LyndaSandoval.com ...more