Birth Year (-Died Year)
1963
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Phone (Public)
(719) 473-9237
Occupation(s)
Writer and Publisher, Greenwoman Publishing, LLC
Biography
Sandra Knauf is the one-woman-show behind Greenwoman Publishing. Her books include her newest work Please Don't Piss on the Petunias: Stories about Raising Kids, Crops, and Critters in the City, the six-volume series Greenwoman (compilations of literary garden writing and art), her young adult fantasy novel, Zera and the Green Man, and an anthology of sexy gardening stories that she says is the feminist gardener answer to Fifty Shades of Grey--Fifty Shades of Green. She was a 2008-09 featured “Colorado Voices” columnist for The Denver Post and her humorous essays have appeared nationally in GreenPrints and MaryJanesFarm. She has also been a guest commentator on KRCC’s (NPR's southern Colorado affiliate) Western Skies radio show. Sandra lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado with her family, dogs, huge urban garden, and lots of books.
Awards/Honors
2019 - North Street Book Prize Finalist, Please Don't Piss on the Petunias
2015 - Microgrant Award from Pikes Peak Arts Council
2013 - Microgrant Award from Pikes Peak Arts Council
2011 - Grant award from Pikes Peak Community Foundation for work on Greenwoman magazine
2008-2009 - Selected as a Denver Post "Colorado Voices" featured columnist
2005 - Edited book A Taste for Gardening (2004), recipient of the Top National Award from the National Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.
2002 - First Place, Creative Nonfiction, Paul Gillette Memorial Writing Contest
Education/Training
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Bachelor of Arts, English, 1991
Published Works
Zera and the Green Man (Greenwoman Publishing, LLC, 2013)
Greenwoman, Vols. 1-6 (Greenwoman Publishing, LLC, 2011-2014)
Essays have been published in MaryJanesFarm Magazine, Greenprints, Colorado Gar…
Denver Post "Colorado Voices" columnist, 2008-2009
Published Works Book Jackets
Organizations
Grimy Hands Girls' Club - Toastmasters - League of Women Voters - Peak Peak Art Council - Green Cities Coalition
Speaker Topics
Self-Publishing