Dr. Sandra Tanner

Award-winning author, Dr. Sandra Tanner, is a native of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. She has published twelve mystery novels: Sundrenched Water, Secrets of Salmer Tawgg, Sacks of Murder, Stolen Four Minutes, Six Good Ones, Sequestered with the Murderers, Sultry, Sunrise Catcher, Silenced by the Promise, Spirited Unraveling, Stone that Crumbled, and Scorched By Winter. In addition, she has published several short stories.

Her novel, Sultry, won a Literary Titan Book Award.

At an early age, Dr. Tanner developed a love of mystery and suspense from reading popular detective stories such as those written by Agatha Christie. She has directed this love into writing her own mystery stories.

She enjoys watching detective television shows and looks forward to solving crimes before the detectives. She considers herself an amateur sleuth and revels in formulating plausible whodunit scenarios.

When she is not writing or attending writing seminars, she and her husband travel to see the beauty of the world. In addition to writing, reading, and traveling, she enjoys spending time with her adult children and investing in the investment club she co-founded.