Sandy Sheehy -- Miami Book Fair Author of "Imperiled Reef: The Fascinating, Fragile Life of a Caribbean Wonder"

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Miami Book Fair Author of "Imperiled Reef: The Fascinating, Fragile Life of a Caribbean Wonder"

Sandy Sheehy is a journalist who has dived the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef for four decades. Sandy has written frequently on human relationships and the natural environment. Her work has appeared in Town & Country, Forbes, House Beautiful, Self, Working Woman, and Money, among other national magazines. She is the author of Texas Big Rich, a group portrait of the state’s financially fortunate, and Connecting: The Enduring Power of Female Friendship. Her first novel, Deserts of the Heart, is a multicultural historical romance set in 1798 near Santa Fe. Her third nonfiction book, "Imperiled Reef: The Fascinating, Fragile Life of a Caribbean Wonder" grew out of her love of scuba diving.