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 © 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 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.
