Sands Hall Shorter Bio

SANDS HALL’s memoir, Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology (Counterpoint), named one of the top ten books in religion and spirituality by Publishers Weekly, was a Finalist for the Northern California Book Awards. Her stories have been published in such places as Alta Journal, Los Angeles Review of Books, New England Review, and Iowa Review. Other books include the novel Catching Heaven (Ballantine), and a volume of writing essays and exercises, Tools of the Writer’s Craft. Her produced plays include an adaptation of Alcott’s Little Women and the comic-drama Fair Use. She teaches for the Community of Writers and the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, among others. Also a singer/songwriter, Sands’s recent CD is called Rustler’s Moon.