Sandra Neil Wallace is an award-winning author, trailblazing journalist, and community leader, known for uncovering, preserving, and amplifying the stories of American changemakers hidden in history.

The child of immigrants and refugees from Ukraine and Yugoslavia, she is the first generation in her family to attend university. Sandra soon became a journalist, anchoring the network news before shattering the glass ceiling in sports television as the first woman to host an NHL broadcast on national TV and one of the first journalists covering the WNBA.

Sandra's books for young readers on trailblazing Americans have received 20 starred reviews and several national awards including the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction, the Carter G. Woodson Book Award, SCBWI's Golden Kite Honor Award, and ILA's Social Justice Literature Award. Her titles have also been chosen as Outstanding Science Books, and Best Books of the Year by the American Library Association, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and the New York and Chicago Public Libraries.

A recipient of the Outstanding Women of New Hampshire Award, The Keene Sentinel Extraordinary Women Award, and New Hampshire's Granite State Award for outstanding contributions to the welfare of state, Sandra co-founded The Koenig Siddall First Generation Scholarship Fund and The Daily Good, supporting thousands of students through its Summer Feed and Read Aloud Literacy Day, and free Global Foods Pantries at New Hampshire colleges. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and frequent collaborator, author Rich Wallace.