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Sandra Kegerreis Sandra is an American author, best known for her Children’s book “Miss Rat’s Hat, Spring Time is for Giving” Biography Kegerreis was Born in Indiana on May 24, 1941. She lived in Elkhart, Indiana until she married in 1959. Writing career Kegerreis started writing poetry and short stories at the age of 10. Her writing was quickly noticed and even early on featured in the school paper with her short story “Wooden Legs” when taking creative writing class. Kegerreis created “Miss Rat” in 2006 while taking a course with Christie Craig, and later brought her into the world through Smooth Sailing Press; a Houston area based publishing company. Kegerreis retains the copyright to her book and has a series of Miss Rat stories that she hopes to publish soon. Though her writing début was with a children’s book, Kegerreis’ writing genre spans into poetry and fiction, as well, and is currently working on a murder mystery. She enjoys and follows the work of John Grisham, of whom Kegerreis comments; “He has a style that keeps one wanting more.” On the other hand she also states, “Max Lucado is another that I love reading. His writings make everything clear and understandable.” Since high school (when she won an essay contest, while in creative writing class), Kegerreis has been praised and received awards for her writing. Most recently she won two poetry contests; one of the poems was published in the “National Society of Poetry” in Washington, the other in a “Writers Digest” contest, where she was given a certificate of recognition. In 1981 one of her poems was requested by a minister to be used for one of his Sunday sermons. All of Miss Rat’s series is Bible based. Kegerries states, “I believe in the truth of the Bible written under the inspiration of God Almighty. And that He sent His Son to save us from sin and damnation.” Personal Kegerreis, presently lives in Tomball, Texas; a small city north of Houston, Texas. She is divorced and has two sons; Christopher Stephen, a professional gardening and landscaping businessman and Rodney Craig, who is a Captain for Southwest Airlines and a daughter; Rhonda Lee, who works in Christian counseling for teens and children. From her children Kegerreis has five wonderful grandchildren, who are a constant inspiration for her work.