Nancy is the author of ten picture books and two novels, one middle grade and one YA. Her focus as a writer is on using evocative language to create a powerful atmosphere in each book. Her style of writing has been referred to as poetic prose, and her books are often used in the classroom as pattern books for student writers.
She lives in Vancouver, where she divides her time between her family and friends, and her other family and friends, writing and reading. She is a retired teacher-librarian
-Information courtesy of Children's Writers and Illustratrs of British Columbia website, http://www.cwill.bc.ca/