ART BY SANDY DeLUCA

Sandy DeLuca has written novels, several poetry and fiction collections and a few novellas. These include critically acclaimed works such as Descent and Messages from the Dead. Over the past three years, she also co-authored three novels with Greg F. Gifune.

She was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for poetry in 2001, with Burial Plot in Sagittarius, accompanied by her cover art and interior illustrations. A copy is maintained in the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays Poetry at Brown University, 1976-2000. She was also nominated once more in 2014, with Marge Simon, for DANGEROUS DREAMS.

Her visual art has also been published in books and magazines. It has been exhibited throughout New England and in New York’s Hudson Valley.

She lives in Rhode Island with several feline companions, including a black cat named Gypsy and her two sons, Gemini and Leo. Another black cat, named Mojo, joined the household in 2023. He was born in her great grandfather’s house, a structure that was once a stagecoach stop. It’s the inspiration for recent short stories and a novel in progress.

In addition to her fiction, she is working on new poetry and a series of large-scale expressionistic paintings. She spends some of her free time volunteering at a local food pantry and a parrot sanctuary. Other interests include photographing abandoned buildings and perusing secondhand shops.

You can see more of Sandy's work HERE and HERE