Sandy DeLuca

Sandy DeLuca has written and published numerous novels, several poetry and fiction collections, an art chapbook and several novellas. As an author she is known for dark and surreal prose; often visceral and shocking. She is best known for her work in the horror genre. However, she has written noir fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy and mainstream fiction as well.\n\nHer art has been exhibited throughout New England and in New York’s Hudson Valley. Her small collages have been exhibited and sold in France, Asia, Italy, Spain, Canada and throughout the United States. She is also an accomplished photographer\n \nShe was a finalist for the BRAM STOKER © for poetry award 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 (Brown University) Poetry, 1976-2000. She was also nominated once more in 2014, with Marge Simon, for DANGEROUS DREAMS. \n\n She has owned and operated several publishing companies; in the 1990’s GODDESS OF THE BAY produced several monthly fanzines; and she went on to produce novels, novellas and collections from dark literature’s finest authors, and several years later with DECEMBER GIRL PRESS. \n\nShe left her day job several years ago and now spends her days making art and writing. She is an avid gardener and she is the caretaker for four feline housemates.\n