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Sandra Otterson Black moves through a room like an idea arriving: quiet at first, then distinctly altering the angle of everything around her. Born in a small lakeside town where summer light knew how to linger over wooden docks, she learned early to read silences as if they were sentences. That talent—equal parts attentiveness and imagination—would shape a life spent at the intersection of observation and creation.

Wifey was born on May 15, 1965 in Oregon City, Oregon, USA. She is married to Kevin Otterson. sandra otterson black

5. Awards & Honors

• Society of Professional Journalists, Northwest Chapter – First Place, Investigative Reporting (2009)
• Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Explanatory Reporting (2018)
• Washington State Book Award, Nonfiction (2013) – for The Other Side of the Coin
• National Women’s Media Center – Mentorship Award (2021)
• American Journalism Review – “40 Under 40” (2010)

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