The Gandy Dancer and Other Short Stories

All of the stories in The Gandy Dancer are touching and
surprising, O'Henry twists to Jack London yarns. This delightful
collection, full of beautiful imagery of land and skies and people, are
stories of the USA told by an American girl, raised coast to coast, and
north to south, who took off on her own at 17 to see what's up. There's
persistent virtue to each adventure, triumph over adversity, as they
reach heart and soul for a rare look at the lives of strangers and the
paths they picked up for themselves. The classic independent spirit of
the American adventurer is captured in each original tale, and the
everlasting joy of charting new territory. Has anything, Sparhawk asks,
got more punch to it than a road map?

"Your book is very handsomely put together, and you write in a lively
and engaging way."
Larry P. Arnn, President
Hillsdale College,
Michigan, USA

From the Monterey Herald, March 8, 2004, Page One, Section B, Five
column story and photograph

Author Draws from Rich Life

"Sparhawk's life has been a coast to coast odyssey of day jobs, art
and writing... she's worked as a radio producer and press secretary to
onetime Vice Presidential Candidate Geraldine Ferraro, network news
writer, newspaper reporter, painter and sculptor.

'I like doing things that are a challenge,' she said."