Sarah Andrews

Sarah Andrews (died 24 July 2019) 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. Her novels have been praised for their combination of science and detective work within the mystery genre. Andrews, her husband Damon, and son Duncan died in a plane crash in Nebraska on the 24th of July, 2019. Life and career Sarah Andrews grew up in Connecticut and in Ossining, New York, USA. Her father was an artist and art teacher and her mother, a teacher of English and comparative religions. Since childhood, she had a passion for exploring the great outdoors, including sailing with her father and wandering solo through the woods and fields during the family's long summers in rural Maine. Andrews left New York to attend Colorado College. In a creative writing class, she discovered that she "had a knack for storytelling." Later, inspired by her Aunt Lysbeth's profession, Andrews selected a geology course to fulfill a science requirement. She found herself among people who thought the way she did, and that she even excelled "taking in graphical information holistically, seeing the patterns, understanding their meaning, and making interpretations from them." Her aptitude inspired her to earn a BA in geology.