Author Bio
With over 1.2 million copies published in over twenty-one countries, Sarah M. Anderson has published over 40 books. Sarah's book A Man of Privilege won a RT Book Reviews 2012 Reviewers’ Choice Best Book Award. The Nanny Plan was a 2016 RITA® winner for Best Contemporary: Short. Seduction on His Terms won the 2020 Bookseller's Best Award for Short Contemporary. Additionally, Sarah has given workshops at national and regional conferences, taught craft classes online, spoken at libraries and book clubs, and published articles in the Romance Writers Report. Sarah lives in Illinois with her husband, son, and rescue dogs. When not writing, she attempts to read, knit, and complete home improvement projects on her historical 1895 Queen Anne house.
Awards and Recognition
Seduction on His Terms was the 2020 Bookseller's Best Award winner for Short Contemporary Romance!
Their Emerald and His Sapphire by Sarah M. Anderson writing as Maggie Chase finaled in the 2018 Passionate Plume!
The Nanny Plan won the Romance Writers of America (RWA) 2016 RITA® Award for Short Contemporary Romance!
Mystic Cowboy was named a finalist in the 2014 Bookseller's Best Award contest!
Mystic Cowboy was named a finalist in the 2014 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence contest!
Straddling the Line was named 2013 CataRomance Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Desire!
Bringing Home the Bachelor was named one of 2013’s Top Ten Reads of Reviewer Nikki at Ramblings of a Chaotic Mind!
Bringing Home the Bachelor’s hero Billy Bolton was named one of 2013’s Top Ten Boyfriends by Scorching Book Reviews!
Mystic Cowboy was named one of 2013’s Best Covers by Scorching Book Reviews!
A Man of Privilege was named RT Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Awards: Outstanding Series: Desire for 2012!
A Man of Privilege was named to the Harlequin Junkie’s Top 10 Harlequins of 2012!
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Frequently Asked Questions
How did you get started writing?
Like every author, I got my start writing by reading. Getting lost in other times and places was one of my favorite things to do as a kid. I always knew I wanted to be a writer, and throughout the years, I took various cracks at it. Those attempts were all pretty terrible. The trick to writing is to keep writing. It’s both that simple and that hard.
How long does it take you to write a book?
I can finish a romance in three to four months, depending on what’s going on in my life and in the world. A YA book can take up to a year or more because the plots are so much more complex and the books are so much longer. Then the book has to make a few rounds between my readers before it gets passed up to my agent and then my editor. It’s not unusual for me to be writing one book, doing revisions on a second book, and proofreading a third one at the same time.
Did you sell the first book you wrote?
No. A Man of His Word was--wait, let me count--the tenth book I wrote. I’ve written nineteen total. The first three books I wrote were how I learned to write. If I hadn’t written them, I wouldn’t have figured out how to build a book. But that doesn’t mean anyone else should ever read them!
How many books have you written? When will the next one be out?
I think I'm close to fifty romances published now, either traditionally or self-published--thirty-one Harlequin books (twenty-eight Desire and the Rodeo Dreamers series), two NotMyFirstRodeo.com books with Entangled, Eleanore Gray that I finished with my grandmother, the Men of the White Sandy and Jeweled Ladies series, The Christmas Pony, and the short stories Dollyflods and Miss Sapphire's Wedding Night. Whew! I'm working on some YA books and I have a short story that's been published. Check out my progress at SallySultzman.com!
Where do you get your ideas? Are your characters based on real-life people?
I have what has been described as ‘an over-active imagination.’ While that wasn’t always a benefit in the classroom, now I appreciate it. I don’t base any of my characters on real people, but I do try to put my characters in real places. Most of the American Indian reservations I use are real places in and near South Dakota.
Do you support any charities to help the Lakota?
Through blogging, social media, and donations, I support Lakota Pine Ridge Children's Enrichment Project. They collect school supplies and clothing for Lakota children on Pine Ridge and other reservations. I encourage people to stuff a backpack and support their efforts. You can make a difference, one child at a time!
What language do your Lakota Indian characters speak? Is that really Lakota?
My Lakota Indian characters do speak Lakota. Most of the translations were provided by Lakota Language Consortium (www.lakhota.org), an organization at the forefront of Lakota language revitalization. Other members of the Lakota tribe have generously provided me with translations.
Can you introduce me to your agent and/or editor?
I wish I could, but it’s just not possible. If you’re just getting started with your writing journey, I recommend starting with Editors and Preditors, Query Tracker, and Writers Beware, as well as looking into a trade organization, such as Romance Writers of America. There’s a wealth of information out there. The best thing to do is write, write, write!
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