Sarah Andrews (author), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Sarah Andrews (author)

American geologist and author

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1951

Date of Death: 24-Jul-2019

Profession: geologist, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sarah Andrews was an American geologist and author of twelve science-based mystery novels and several short stories.
Many of the novels feature "clear-thinking, straight-talking" forensic geologist Em Hansen and take place in the Rocky Mountains region of the United States.
Andrews, her husband Damon, and son Duncan died in a plane crash in Nebraska on the 24th of July, 2019.Her novels have been praised for their combination of science and detective work within the mystery genre.
In 2005, Andrews was awarded an Artists and Writers grant by the National Science Foundation and deployed through McMurdo Station, Antarctica to remote field camps to research an eleventh novel featuring fictional glaciologist Valena Walker.
Andrews has won numerous other awards for her writings, including the Geological Society of America President's Medal and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Journalism Award, now called the Geosciences in the Media Award.