Sandy Frances Duncan

Sandy Frances Duncan
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Other namesSandy Frances Mary Duncan
EducationUniversity of British Columbia
OccupationWriter
Organizations
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AwardsFinalist 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]

  1. ^ a b c d "Contemporary Authors Online: Sandy Frances Mary Duncan". Biography In Context. Gale. June 14, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "BC Book Prizes: Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize". BC Book Prizes. 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Sandy Frances Duncan". Ronsdale Press. 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.