Born: 1954
Ohio connection: Birth
Youngstown
Nancy Christie is the award-winning author of three novels, Reinventing Rita, Finding Fran and Moving Maggie (all from BookBaby) — the first three in her Midlife Moxie Novel Series; four short story collections: The Language of Love and Other Stories, Mistletoe Magic and Other Holiday Tales, Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories and Peripheral Visions and Other Stories (all from Unsolicited Press); two books for writers: Rut-Busting Book for Authors and Rut-Busting Book for Writers (both from BookBaby) and the essay collection, The Gifts of Change (Atria/Beyond Words).
Her short stories and essays have appeared in numerous print and online publications with several earning contest placement.
The host of the Living the Writing Life podcast and the founder of the annual “Midlife Moxie” Day and “Celebrate Short Fiction” Day, Nancy teaches writing workshops at conferences, libraries, and schools. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), the Florida Writers Association (FWA) and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA).
Book Awards
International Firebird Book award winner, Bronze award winner in the 2023 Royal Palm Literary Awards (RPLA) competition, and semi-finalist in the Kindle Book Awards for Reinventing Rita; 2020 Foreword INDIES Bronze winner in the Short Stories (Adult Fiction) category, a finalist in the 2021 Eric Hoffer competition, finalist in the 2020 N. N. Light Book Awards – Short Story category, and second-place winner in the 2018 Royal Palm Literary Awards competition for Peripheral Visions and Other Stories; 2016 Best Indie Book by Shelf Unbound runner-up for Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories; 5-star award winner from Readers’ Favorite, 2019 American Book Fest competition finalist, Independent Author Network 2020 Book of the Year finalist for Rut-Busting Book for Authors; 2018 Notable Indie by Shelf Unbound and finalist in the 2018 American Book Fest competition for Rut-Busting Book for Writers.
Individual Story Awards
“Lucinda and the Christmas List” – Quarter-finalist in the 2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition; “Pandora’s Box”—Finalist in the 2018 Royal Palm Literary Awards (RPLA) competition; Quarter-finalist in the 2017 ScreenCraft Short Story Contest; “I Remember”—Shortlisted for 2017 Stories That Need to Be Told Contest; “Peripheral Visions”—Quarter-finalist in the 2016 ScreenCraft Short Story Contest; “Right Wrist or Left”—Shortlisted for Pulp Literature’s 2016 The Raven Short Story Contest
Additional Resource
Nancy Christie (author’s official website)
Selected Books
