Sandy LenderAuthor Sandy Lender is a magazine editor by day and author of girl-power fantasy novels by night. Her successes include traditionally and self-published novels, hundreds of magazine articles, multiple short stories in competitive anthologies, a handfl of APEX technical writing awards, a 2020 notable indie award from Shelf Unbound, a Pushcart Prize nomination in 2020, and a few IMADJINN awards. She's been writing since she was knee-high to a grasshopper when her great-grandmother shared her stories of squeaky ghost-spiders around the apartment complex in Southern Illinois. The stories have developed to include strong young ladies working with dragons to save worlds from terrible fates, but those pesky spiders still show up from time to time. Read More Read Less