Sandra McDonald’s first collection of fiction was a Booklist Editor’s Choice, an American Library Association Over the Rainbow Book and winner of a Lambda Literary Award. Four of her stories have been awarded the James A. Tiptree Award Honor List for exploring gender stereotypes. She is the published author of several novels and more than sixty short stories and novels for adults and teens, including the award-winning Fisher Key Adventures. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine and teaches college in Florida.