Joanne Sandlin

Author Joanne Sandlin, is a retired Founder/Director/Teacher of Westside Recreation and Parks Preschool, Taft, California, having earned an Early Childhood Education degree from Taft and Bakersfield Colleges. She also taught Developmentally Disabled adults at Westside Training Center in Taft, CA. She volunteered countless hours at Taft and Tehachapi libraries, telling stories to delighted children and writing a column, “The Library Corner,” for the Tehachapi News.

In addition to writing recipe columns in two newspapers for 16 years and publishing a cookbook The Front Burner with family and friends, she has been published in magazines such as Maitre D’, Country Decorating Ideas, Country Discoveries, Colorado Country Life, Dun Rovin’, and Country Woman.

She contributed many devotionals to church newsletters. Recent publications were two anthologies by Hidden Brook Press (Canada) featuring recipes and the accompanying stories that made them family traditions.

She moved to Prescott, AZ with her husband in 2003 and has two adult children. Professional organizations include Professional Writers of Prescott and Northern Arizona Word Weavers. Her inner child still likes to come out and play and enjoy the beauty in the world each day!