She is the author of two novels, Blue Glass (A New York Times Notable Book of the Year) and After Lydia, both published by Harcourt Brace. Her memoir The Night Garden: of My Mother is forthcoming spring 2024 from Pierian Springs Press.Sandra Tyler is Editor-in-Chief of The Woven Tale Press, the Web's premier literary and fine art online magazine (thewoventalepress.net). WTP is also a platform to link distinctive writers and artists with both those seeking a cultural domain and with literary and art venues actively searching for new talents to showcase or represent. WTP is committed to serving those in the literary and visual arts by offering our publication, and opportunities to become practiced in today’s changing dynamics of artistic success — increasingly measured by an aggregate online presence and audience.She was awarded her MFA in writing from Columbia University, New York, NY; BA in English and Creativing Writing from Amherst College, Amherst, MA; professor of creative writing on both the graduate and undergraduate levels; technical writing tutor at Nassau Community College, Long Island, NY; served as assistant editor at Ploughshares and The Paris Review literary magazines; production freelancer for Glamour, Self, and Vogue Conde Nast magazines; freelance editor; Stony Brook University’s national annual fiction contest judge; a 2013 BlogHer.com Voices of the Year. AWARDS:•MacDowell Colony Fellowship•Virgina Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship•Grant from the New York Public Library (“Writers on Writing—Literary Legacies: Women in the Twentieth Century”)•Four Graduate Writing Fellowships, awarded by Columbia University•The Peter Burnett How Prize for Fiction, awarded by Amherst College•The Corbin Prize for Fiction, awarded by Amherst College•First Prize for Fiction, awarded by the National League of American Pen WomenBlogHer.com 2013 Voices of the Year