Ingrid Anderson Sampo

Ingrid Anderson Sampo has had eight short stories published: Incident at the Tom Thumb and The Long-fingered Woman in Lakes Alive magazine; and Crimes of the Heart, American Geisha, Sleight of Hand, Daisy, Nordic Craftiness and A New and Improved Lutefisk in the Rockford Review. She has completed two novels, historical fiction and young adult, to be published, and has recently had five short stories, Loon Racing, Power to the Sixties, Cup a' Java, Romance in Space and Time, and The Second Time Around published in Romancing the Lakes of Minnesota anthologies. Ingrid earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Concordia College, Moorhead, MN; and has done course work in Communications and Fund Development at the University of St. Thomas School of Non-profit Management, Minneapolis, MN. She has taught English literature and writing; studied under authors Jonis Agee, Faith Sullivan, Mary Sharratt, and Alison McGhee at The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis, MN. Ingrid has attended Loft Novel Writing Conferences, Minneapolis, MN; Bloomington (MN) and Rosemount (MN) Writer's Festivals; a Minneapolis Writer's Workshop Conference; The Flathead River Writers Conference, Kalispell, MT, and a University of Northwestern Christian Writers Conference. She has had careers in Communications (media relations, marketing communications, speech writing, and publications); and Fund Development (grant writing, major gift solicitation, capital campaign coordination, and event planning).