News from Nancy

  • New Website!

    Hello everyone! Next Tuesday I’ll be launching my beautiful new website and I hope you check it out. Over the years, I’m met so many…

  • 2020!

    I haven’t blogged for a long time, but I have been busy. I had a new publicity photo taken,  And yes, it is airbrushed! I…

  • TOP TEN NANTUCKET MOOD CUES

    COLOR Blue and White striped!   FLOWER New Dawn Rose   DRINK Whale’s Tale Pale Ale; Cranberry juice and Prosecco   BOOK The Nantucket Reader…

  • Nantucket Summer

    Most Nantucket houses are covered with gray shingles, so every detail stands out like a picture in a frame. In Secrets in Summer, Darcy’s house…

  • In Praise of Grandmothers

    One of my favorite characters in Secrets in Summer is Mimi, the grandmother visiting in the house next to Darcy.  She’s much like Nona in…

  • More book people!

    Thank you, North Richland Hills Library in Dallas, Texas!  Thanks for the amazing lunch and the wonderful turnout!  I had so much fun.  And thanks…

  • Book People!

    May 17, I visited Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC, signed some books, gave a talk, and made new friends.  Oh, and met one Facebook…

  • NANTUCKET TOP TEN

    1.  COLOR:    Blue and white striped 2.  FOOD:  Blueberry Pie From Susan Simon’s THE NANTUCKET TABLE 3.  DRINK:   Whale’s Tale Pale Ale 4.  FLOWER: …

  • NANTUCKET IN AUTUMN

    Autumn is a calm season on the island. The light slants differently on the houses and the harbor. Now we have time to read books…

  • OBSESSED WITH HOUSES?

                 While writing this blog, I’ve discovered I’m obsessed with houses. Island Girls is about three sisters who will inherit a Nantucket house IF they…

  • WHALES!

    I wonder how many public high schools have the skeleton of a whale hanging in the main hallway. Nantucket High School does. It’s much like…