About the Author: SALLY ZANJANI

Sally Zanjani received a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from New York University.

From 1975-2009, Sally was associated with the Department of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is a leading Nevada historian and member of the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame whose books include Goldfield: the Last Gold Rush on the Western Frontier; A Mine of Her Own: Women Prospectors in the American West, 1850-1950; Sarah Winnemucca, and Devils Will Reign: How Nevada Began.

Sally’s writings have also appeared in the Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, the Mining History Journal, Nevada Magazine, and the Nevadan. Reviews completed by Sally have been published in Western Historical Quarterly, Arizona and the West, and Pacific Northwest Quarterly. She is also the author of three works of fiction.

Over the past thirty years, Sally has been interviewed for documentaries focusing on a variety of Nevada topic including the Gold Rush, Death Valley, and Sarah Winnemuca. She has also served a project director for a traveling museum exhibit on “Jack Longstreet Country” and as an advisor for a Death Valley exhibit at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage.

Some of Sally’s other honors include the Rodman Paul Award for outstanding contributions to mining history, the Evans Biography Award, and the Westerners International Co-Founders Award.