89 ratings | 15 reviews | avg rating:4.38

Nancy Oswald’s Followers (23)

Nancy’s Bookshelves

to-read (3)
currently-reading (0)
read (96)
adult-ficiton (4)
books-by-friends (1)
books-i-m-reading-for-research (1)
historical-fiction (5)
middle-grade-books (1)
non-fiction (3)
poetry-and-children-s-picture-books (1)
See all bookshelves »

Nancy’s Friends (96)

Judy Rose

327 books | 358 friends

Julie Hedlund

7,245 books | 1,654 friends

Jamie

604 books | 8 friends

Susan Tweit

73 books | 570 friends

Cassi

1,204 books | 269 friends

Sally Wessely

534 books | 47 friends

Stephanie Barko

506 books | 3,458 friends

Heidi Thomas

214 books | 302 friends

More friends…

Nancy Oswald

Goodreads Author

Born

in Boulder, Colorado, The United States

Website

http://www.nancyoswald.com/

Genre

Historical Fiction, Children's, Humor and Comedy

Influences

http://www.richardepeck.com/ ...more

Member Since

August 2012

edit data

Nancy Oswald loves the west and writing about it. She’s a native Coloradan with a focus on Colorado-set historical fiction for young readers. She has also published non-fiction articles, a biography, and a humorous baseball, sibling rivalry story. Oswald’s books have won the Willa Literary Award, Spur Award, Evvy Award, CAL Award, and have had numerous finalist recognitions. Nancy enjoys gardening and helping on the family ranch where she lives with her husband, cows, dogs, cats, and one nearly human donkey who makes mischief at home and on the pages of the Ruby and Maude Adventures set in Cripple Creek, 1896. Her first picture book was released October 1, 2019.

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Nancy Oswald questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Nancy Oswald’s books

Average rating: 4.04 · 140 ratings · 55 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Nothing Here But Stones 3.68 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Ruby's Christmas Gifts 4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings	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
	Trouble on the Tracks 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings	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
	Hard Face Moon 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Rescue in Poverty Gulch 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Insects in the Infield 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Trouble Returns 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings	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
	Edward Wynkoop: Soldier and Indian Agent 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Bats, Bsndits, and Buggies 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Trouble on the Tracks: Ruby and Maude Adventure Book 2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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

More books by Nancy Oswald…

rss
Nancy’s Recent Updates

Nancy has read Shadow of the Hawk by K.S. Jones (Goodreads Author)	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
Sep 20, 2024 03:53PM · like

More of Nancy's books…

Quotes by Nancy Oswald (?)

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightening and a lightening bug.
Mark Twain”
― Nancy Oswald

1 likes

Nancy’s Quotes

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
― Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations

tags: writing

6211 likes

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
― Philip Pullman

tags: books, needs, stories, storytelling, writing

4557 likes

Nancy’s Friend Comments

Comments (showing 1-1) post a comment »

date

newest »

message 1: by Gusto

Sep 12, 2012 03:56PM

Nancy,

Thanks for approving us as friends.

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers has several NYT Bestselling authors as members. Chiseled in Rock, our blog, http://chiseledinrock.blogspot.com features satire, some flash fiction for intellectual readers, and behind the scenes tidbits about the biz.

Today on the Rock: pick up a laugh from the hilarious GUSTO DAVE and his Top Ten Reasons Writers’ Conferences Wear You Out.

Let’s follow each others’ blogs!

reply | flag

Nancy Oswald’s Followers (23)

Add New
Videos

Nancy’s Bookshelves

Nancy’s Friends (96)

Nancy Oswald

Goodreads Author

Learn more
Ask the Author

Combine Editions
Nancy Oswald’s books

rss
Nancy’s Recent Updates

Nancy’s Quotes

recent posts
Nancy’s Groups

Nancy’s Friend Comments

Nancy Oswald’s Followers (23)

Nancy Oswald

Goodreads Author

rssNancy’s Recent Updates

rss
Nancy’s Recent Updates