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Nancy Means Wright

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Born

Glen Ridge, New Jersey, The United States

Website

http://www.nancymeanswright.com

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

Influences

Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Oedipus the King, Mary Wollstonecra ...more

Member Since

February 2010

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https://www.goodreads.com/goodreadsnancyden

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I'm the author of 18 books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, including 5 mystery novels from St. Martin's Press, 2 historical novels: Midnight Fires: a Mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft ('10)and the Nightmare ('11)from Perseverance Press.For those who don't know her, Wollstonecraft is the brilliant but rebellious and conflicted 18th century author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,and mother of Mary Shelley (think Frankenstein).
I've also published 2 mysteries for kids. The Pea Soup Poisonings, based on my own 4 kids'childhood shenanigans, won the '06 Agatha Award for Best Children's/YA Novel,and The Great Circus Train Robbery was a finalist. My latest mystery is Broken Strings, a spin-off from my St. Martin's Press novels with a puppe ...more

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Nancy discovers Good Reads blog

I'm such a Neanderthal.I just discovered a spot to blog on Good Reads.I already do a monthly blog for Perseverance Press (getitwrite blog.wordpress.com). And on occasion at the VermontBookShelf.blogspot.com. Anyway, here I am. I've a new mystery just out: Broken Strings,with a puppeteer sleuth--a dark cozy, I call it. When Vermont puppeteer Fay finds a friend dead of poisoned yew and a half-sister Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 17, 2013 08:08 • Tags: new-blog, puppeteer-sleuth, puppets, vermont

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Nancy Means Wright’s books

Average rating: 3.28 · 453 ratings · 97 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	Broken Strings 3.28 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Midnight Fires (Mary Wollstonecraft, #1) 3.21 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvest of Bones (Ruth Willmarth, #2) 3.13 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stolen Honey (Ruth Willmarth, #4) 2.91 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poison Apples (Ruth Willmarth, #3) 3.11 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nightmare (Mary Wollstonecraft, #2) 3.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad Cow Nightmare (Ruth Willmarth, #5) 3.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad Season (Ruth Willmarth, #1) 2.86 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1996 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking Into the Wild 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queens Never Make Bargains 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Only she who attempts the absurd can ever achieve the impossible.”
― Nancy Means Wright

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Nancy’s Quotes

“Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.”
― E.B. White

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“Only she who attempts the absurd can ever achieve the impossible.”
― Nancy Means Wright

tags: 18th-century, american-revolution, cows, new-england, vermont, wilderness

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message 2: by Nancy

Sep 04, 2011 09:01AM

Hi, Nora-Adrienne. Thanks for contacting me. I've just put up a description of The Nightmare for 3 giveaway copies. Should it be listed elsewhere? I still don't wholly know my way around GoodReads!
But I do enjoy your reviews. I must spend more time on Goodreads when I'm done promoting the new book. If one could just write and not have to actively promote! But publishers want us out there...

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message 1: by Nora-adrienne

Sep 04, 2011 07:51AM

I'm really surprised that Goodread's doesn't ahve "The Nightmare" listed yet for people to add to their "To-Read" lists...

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