Sandra Hume

Sandra Hume is a longtime Laura Ingalls Wilder enthusiast who, entirely coincidentally, left her lifelong home of Boston to marry a Kansan farmer. She's been a professional writer all her adult life. Her twice-yearly newsletter THE HOMESTEADER, about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her homesites, was mailed to paying subscribers worldwide from 2002-2012. She is a founding board member of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association, which organizes and sponsors the LauraPalooza conference. Sandra's LAND OF LAURA travel series guides families through visits to Laura's midwestern homesites of De Smet, South Dakota (updated in 2025); Pepin, Wisconsin; and Walnut Grove, Minnesota.