Lisa Sandlin was born in Beaumont, Texas, and grew up in oil-refinery air, sixty miles from the Gulf of Mexico. She raised a son in Santa Fe, New Mexico, then taught writing at the University of Nebraska for twenty years. She has since returned to Santa Fe. The Do-Right--her first novel--won the 2015 Hammett Award from the IACW/NA and the Best First Private Eye Prize from the Seamus Awards.
Set in the late 1960s, this refreshing collection of stories deals
with black and white youth, not quite grown, who are trying to
comprehend why and how they are all mexied together in a Texas oil
town. -- Library Journal Sandlin's stories focus on young women,
using their naivet� to build moving portrayals of people coming to
understand others even as they remain unsure about themselves. --
The New York TimesViolet Crown Award 1997, Texas Writers League
Best Fiction 1997, Texas Institute of Letters
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