Page Updated:
Jan. 1, 2012

– Albert Salmi Biography Now on Kindle:

Sandra Grabman's book Spotlights & Shadows: The Albert Salmi Story is now available for the Kindle.

For purchasing information, please visit the Albert Salmi section of this website.

– Chisholm Trail Book Festival:

On Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, Sandy attended the third annual Chisholm Trail Book Festival, held at the Simmons Center, located at 800 Chisholm Trail Parkway in Duncan, Oklahoma. The event ran from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission was free.

Sandy really enjoyed the opportunity to meet her readers and sign copies of all five of her books: Spotlights & Shadows: The Albert Salmi Story, Plain Beautiful: The Life of Peggy Ann Garner, Pat Buttram, the Rocking Chair Humorist, No Retakes!, and Lloyd Nolan: An Actor’s Life With Meaning.

Said Sandy, “The book festival. . . was really nice. It had been well publicized, so authors and readers from all over Oklahoma and Texas were there. Young folks, members of the FFA, were on hand to help us authors carry our boxes of books and table decorations. In addition to the author tables to browse were what they called ‘Mini book clubs’ in which an author would give a talk about his book or the subject in general. The sponsors of the event had a very appropriate prize for the authors who had the best table decoration – reams of paper. Every author can use that!”

– Local Authors Day at the Duncan Public Library:

On Saturday, April 9, 2011, Sandra attended a Local Authors Day at the Duncan Public Library in Duncan, Oklahoma.

She and the six other Oklahoma authors present enjoyed very much talking with visitors and selling and signing copies of their books.

– A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Scheduled:

On Saturday, March 12, 2011, the historic Hershey Theater, located in Hershey, PA, presented the 1945 film A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, starring Peggy Ann Garner, as part of their annual Classic Film series.

The program began at 7 p.m. with a musical interlude on the theater’s historic Aeolian-Skinner organ. The movie followed at 7:30 p.m.

Sandra enjoyed seeing the classic film on the big screen – as well as signing books in the theater’s grand lobby both before and after the movie, meeting fans of Peggy Ann Garner and Lloyd Nolan, and touring Hershey with her family over the weekend.

– Lloyd Nolan Biography:

Sandy’s latest classic film actor biography was published in December 2010 through BearManor Media.

Lloyd Nolan, An Actor’s Life With Meaning tells the story of Nolan’s public life on film and television, as well as his private life as an advocate for physically challenged people, inspired by his autistic son Jay.

Readers may order the book through the BearManor Media website, as well as through Sandy’s website.

– Albert Salmi and Pat Buttram 2nd Editions:

BearManor Media now offers second editions of Sandra’s books on Albert Salmi, Spotlights & Shadows: The Albert Salmi Story and Pat Buttram, Pat Buttram, The Rocking Chair Humorist.

In addition to new covers, these updated editions include new information and new photos from their subjects’ friends and relatives.

– Albert Salmi Autographed 1st Edition:

Copies of the first edition of Sandra Grabman’s Albert Salmi biography Spotlights & Shadows: The Albert Salmi Story – autographed by Sandy herself – are now available here.

– Gene Autry Festival, September 2009:

In late September, Sandra attended the annual Gene Autry Film & Music Festival, held at the Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum in the tiny town of Gene Autry, OK. Housed in what was once the town’s schoolhouse, the museum is dedicated to singing cowboys, and besides Gene Autry, features displays on Roy Rogers, Eddie Dean, Ken Maynard, and others. The school’s 500-seat auditorium is now the venue for the annual festival.

This year, the festival was held Sept. 23 through Sept. 27, 2009.

On Saturday, Sept. 26, Sandra participated in the panel discussion “Sidekicks . . . You Gotta Love ‘em”, along with Bobby Copeland (author of the book Gabby Hayes: King of the Cowboy Comics, 2008); author and B-Western historian Mike Nevins; and John Buttram, nephew of actor Pat Buttram.

Sandra also attended the “Celebrity Spotlight”, immediately following the panel. At her vendor’s table, she sold and signed copies of all her books and enjoyed meeting many of the attendees.

Attending previous years’ festivals gave Sandra the chance to interview many of Pat Buttram’s co-stars, friends, and stuntmen for her book Pat Buttram, The Rocking Chair Humorist.

– Book Talk with Sandra Grabman:

Laura Wagner interviewed Sandra in her column “Book Points” in the June 2009 issue of Classic Images magazine. Sandra discussed her start as a writer, as well as the biographies she has written on Albert Salmi, Peggy Ann Garner, Pat Buttram, and her upcoming book on Lloyd Nolan.

– Book Review of No Retakes:

In her column “Book Points,“ book critic Laura Wagner reviewed Sandra’s No Retakes! in the July 2009 issue of Classic Images magazine.

– Interview on KSAV:

On Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2009, Sandra Grabman and John Buttram joined host Dave White on the internet radio program Dave White Presents, broadcast over station KSAV.

They discussed Sandra’s book Pat Buttram, The Rocking Chair Humorist.

Dave White Presents airs every other Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Pacific and 10:30 p.m. to midnight Eastern. Past programs are available for download in the archive at Dave White’s website.