Sandra Faulkner

Sandra Faulkner earned a BA in Fine Arts before entering a Ph.D. program at Stanford University, where she spent four years as a student of Law and Sociology. For over a decade Sandra has worked as a jury consultant for high profile celebrity and complex corporate legal cases. Her first book, a national best seller, was based on a celebrity trial she worked on in Texas. She happily divides her time between jury consulting and writing. (Please see Blog on this site.)

Faulkner spent three years as Artist-in -Residence at the University of California's Shakespeare festival. King Lear, Tempest and Macbeth were among the plays she translated into American Sign Language. The challenge was to convey the meaning and grace of Shakespeare’s work into a language that was neither spoken nor written. Once the interpretation was completed, Sandra performed the script, on stage, with actors from Royal Shakespeare Company. The project was supported by faculty research grants and reviewed by Dunbar Ogden, University of Colorado.

Sandra is working on a children's book with Watercolorist's Lynn Larson's, whose use of color and detail give the book a whimsical sense of place. Faulkner and Larson work hand-in hand to illustrate The Adventures of Amelia Trueheart. Lynn's original watercolors have sold throughout Japan, Europe and United States. She is considered "highly collectable": Please see her website www.lynnlarsonart.com.

This is Faulkner and Larson’s first work in the field of children's book illustration.

THE ADVENTURES OF AMELIA TRUEHEART: Traveling Through Forest Anew will be completed early 2009. Work on a second Amelia adventure, entitled, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, is underway.