Nanci Turner Steveson is a Hawthornden Literary Fellow who grew up in Connecticut, England and Texas, always with a book in one hand and the reins of a pony in the other. She is a certified book coach for other writers and works with a professional theatre in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Nanci is on the Board of Directors of Jackson Hole Writers and runs a free writing program for children called Almost Authors. Represented by Writers House, Nanci has four award-winning middle-grade novels published with HarperCollins/Quill Tree with translations in French and Czech. Nanci is a popular speaker at conferences and writing retreats and loves walking into a school full of book-hungry kids waiting to be inspired.