They were married 42 years until his death in 2006. Miesel lives in the Indianapolis, Indiana area, with her husband John. She holds master's degrees in biochemistry and medieval history from the University of Illinois. The book, published by Ignatius Press, offers a detailed critique of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy from a Catholic point of view. She is the co-author of The Pied Piper of Atheism: Philip Pullman and Children's Fantasy with Catholic journalist and canon lawyer Pete Vere. She has co-authored a book, The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code, a detailed critique of the popular novel based on her knowledge of Catholic history and teachings. She has spoken at religious and academic conferences, appeared on EWTN, and given numerous radio interviews. She wrote regularly for the now-defunct Crisis Catholic magazine and is a columnist for the diocesan paper of the Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut. Miesel has written hundreds of articles for the Catholic press, chiefly on history, art, and hagiography. She was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer three times (1973–1975) and had two monographs published by Fannish small presses: Myth, Symbol and Religion in The Lord of the Rings ( TK Graphics, 1973) and Against Time's Arrow: The High Crusade of Poul Anderson ( Borgo Press, 1978). Miesel was a member of science fiction fandom (a connection which sprang from a letter she had published in IF magazine ), with critical articles in the science fiction fanzine Yandro, especially on Anderson and Dickson, as well as other fanzines such as Granfalloon.

Her early work was in science fiction and fantasy criticism, fields in which she has remained active. Sandra Louise Miesel (born Sandra Louise Schwartz on November 25, 1941) is an American medievalist, writer, and science fiction and fantasy fan. ( January 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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Shaman by Sandra Miesel