Sandy Pettinger has been attending conventions since 1981, and costuming since 1982. With her husband, Pierre, she has won many awards in costume competitions, including 4 Worldcon Best in Show awards. She has judged many masquerades at all levels of competition and helped run masquerades at all sizes of conventions. Sandy and Pierre were presented the ICG’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. They were Fan Guests of Honor at the San Jose World Science Fiction Convention in 2018.