Nancy Horan
Nancy Horan is an American author of historical fiction. Her works include Loving Frank, a novel about Mamah Borthwick and her relationship with American architect Frank Lloyd Wright,[1] and Under the Wide and Starry Sky, a novel about the relationship between Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife.[2] Horan was awarded the 2009 James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction by the Society of American Historians for Loving Frank.[3]
A former resident of Oak Park, Illinois, Horan was a middle school English teacher, a freelance journalist, and worked briefly in a public relations firm before moving to an island in Puget Sound, where she lives with her husband.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ Liesl Schillinger, "Notes on a Scandal", New York Times, September 23, 2007. Accessed April 9, 2014.
- ^ Susann Cokal, "In Sickness and in Health: 'Under the Wide and Starry Sky,' by Nancy Horan", New York Times, January 17, 2014. Accessed April 9, 2014.
- ^ The Society of American Historians. James Fenimore Cooper Prize: Past Winners Archived 2015-04-11 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed April 9, 2014.
- ^ Kevin Nance, "Loving Robert Louis Stevenson", Chicago Tribune, January 24, 2014. Accessed April 9, 2014.
- ^ Julia Keller, "Frankly, Nancy Horan followed her literary dream", Chicago Tribune, August 3, 2008. Accessed April 9, 2014.
External links[]
- Interview with Nancy Horan at BookBrowse
- Interview with Nancy Horan at BookPage
- Interview with Nancy Horan at Shelf Awareness
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