Sandra Scofield
Encyclopedia
Sandra Scofield is an American
novel
ist, essay
ist, editor and author of writers’ guides.
Sandra Scofield was born to Edith Aileen Hambleton in Wichita Falls, Texas
, in 1943.
Scofield taught in public schools and colleges, but stopped working in 1983 to write full time. Her first novel was Gringa, based on her observations and experiences in 1960s Mexico. Since then she has published six more novels and a memoir, in addition to numerous book reviews, scholarly publications, and short stories. She occasionally teaches writing in summer workshops, visits MFA programs, has mentored individual writers, and has written a book for writers, The Scene Book, published by Penguin in 2007. She is organizing letters written to her close friend Mary Economidy in the 1960s, and completing writing projects. Her awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1991); Beyond Deserving was a 1991 finalist for a National Book Award
; and A Chance to See Egypt received the Best Fiction award from the Texas Institute of Letters
in 1996. She frequently reviews books for national newspapers including the Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, and The Boston Globe.
United States
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novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
ist, essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
ist, editor and author of writers’ guides.
Sandra Scofield was born to Edith Aileen Hambleton in Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States, United States. Wichita Falls is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. According to the U.S. Census estimate of 2010,...
, in 1943.
Scofield taught in public schools and colleges, but stopped working in 1983 to write full time. Her first novel was Gringa, based on her observations and experiences in 1960s Mexico. Since then she has published six more novels and a memoir, in addition to numerous book reviews, scholarly publications, and short stories. She occasionally teaches writing in summer workshops, visits MFA programs, has mentored individual writers, and has written a book for writers, The Scene Book, published by Penguin in 2007. She is organizing letters written to her close friend Mary Economidy in the 1960s, and completing writing projects. Her awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1991); Beyond Deserving was a 1991 finalist for a National Book Award
National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
; and A Chance to See Egypt received the Best Fiction award from the Texas Institute of Letters
Texas Institute of Letters
The Texas Institute of Letters is an organization devoted to the promotion of literature and literacy in Texas.Founded in 1936, the TIL offers awards to outstanding books written by Texas authors, or dealing with Texas subjects. The TIL also co-administrates the Dobie Paisano Fellowship, which...
in 1996. She frequently reviews books for national newspapers including the Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, and The Boston Globe.
Novels
- Gringa. Sag Harbor, NY: Permanent Press, 1989.
- Beyond Deserving. Sag Harbor, NY: Permanent Press, 1991.
- Walking Dunes. Sag Harbor, NY: Permanent Press, 1992.
- More Than Allies. Sag Harbor, NY: Permanent Press, 1993.
- Opal on Dry Ground. New York: Villard Books, 1994.
- A Chance to See Egypt. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.
- Plain Seeing. New York: Cliff Street Books, 1997.
Essays, Compilations & Memoirs
- Occasions of Sin: a Memoir. New York: Norton, 2004.
- The Scene Book. New York: Penguin Books, 2007.
- Children of the Dust: an Okie Family Story (ed.) by Betty Grant Henshaw. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2006.