Ingrid Anderson Sampo has had thirteen short stories published including Incident at the Tom Thumb and The Long-fingered Lady 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 three novels, historical fiction and young adult, the latter to be published, and has recently had short stories, Loon Racing, Power to the Sixties, Cup a’ Java, Romance in Space and Time, and A Second Chance published in Romancing the Lakes of Minnesota anthologies. These anthologies are published by Romancing the Lakes Writers, a group to which she belongs. She has also held membership in Midwest Fiction Writers and the Midwest Christian Writers Guild.  An e-book and a paper book, Scarecrow, are available on Amazon. Also two historical novels, A Woman to Reckon With: Priscilla of the Early Church, and Lydia, Seller of Purple: From Darkness to Light are available as e-books and paper books on Amazon.com.

Ingrid earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, and has done Fund Development coursework at the University of St. Thomas, School of Non-profit Management. Ingrid has taught English literature and writing. A member of the Loft Literary Center, she has studied under authors Jonis Agee, Faith Sullivan, Mary Sharratt, and Alison McGhee at the center in Minneapolis, MN. Ingrid has attended two Loft Novel Writing Conferences, Minneapolis, MN; four Bloomington (MN) Writer’s Festivals; a Minneapolis Writer’s Workshop Conference; four Rosemount (MN) Writer’s Festivals;  two Flathead River Writers Conference, Kalispell, MT; Christian Writer's Conference at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul, MN; and a Writer's Digest Workshop. She has written grant proposals, planned appeals, fundraising events and capital campaigns as a Fund Development professional, and written marketing materials, media releases, publications and given speeches as a PR/communications professional.