Nancy Stancill

Grew up in Radford Virginia. Graduated from University of North Carolina School of Journalism.
MFA from University of Tampa.

Worked as journalist for 38 years in Virginia, California, Texas and North Carolina.

My favorite newspaper job was investigative reporting for the Houston Chronicle and Charlotte Observer. Some of those experiences gave me ideas for my first book, Saving Texas. I wrote it living in London from 2009-2012. I wasn't working, so I had the time to write. I discoveered I loved crafting suspense novels and have written three, plus a memoir.

Deadly Secrets, which comes out in December 2024, is my first book set in North Carolina. Since much of it involves the mountain area, I'm donating half its proceeds to a hurricane Helene

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