{"bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Sharon Sala is a long-time member of RWA, as well as a member of OKRWA. She has 85 plus books in print, written as Sharon Sala and Dinah McCall. First published in 1991, she\u2019s a seven-time RITA finalist, winner of the Janet Dailey Award, four-time Career Achievement winner from RT Magazine, National Reader\u2019s Choice Award, and Colorado Romance Writer\u2019s Award of Excellence winners five times each and has received the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from Romance Writers of America. Her books are New York Times , USA Today, Publisher\u2019s Weekly, WaldenBooks mass market best-sellers. Writing changed her life, her world, and her fate."}, "personal_name": "Sharon Sala", "alternate_names": ["Dinah McCall"], "photos": [7259096], "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2013-07-07T13:47:05.102948"}, "latest_revision": 4, "key": "/authors/OL443201A", "name": "Sharon Sala", "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "revision": 4}