Sandy Frances Duncan | |
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Born | 1942 (age 81–82)
Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada |
Other names | Sandy Frances Mary Duncan |
Education | University of British Columbia |
Occupation | Writer |
Organizations | |
Awards | Finalist for the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize in 2005 |
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]
Four novels, co-authored with George Szanto, comprise the Islands Investigations International Mysteries, as follows:
Sandy Frances Duncan | |
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Born | 1942 (age 81–82)
Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada |
Other names | Sandy Frances Mary Duncan |
Education | University of British Columbia |
Occupation | Writer |
Organizations | |
Awards | Finalist for the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize in 2005 |
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]
Four novels, co-authored with George Szanto, comprise the Islands Investigations International Mysteries, as follows: