Nancy and her husband, Jack, live on thirteen acres in Fairplain, West Virginia. They have four children, ten grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, another on the way. Nancy has publications in greeting card and calendar verse, numerous periodicals, devotionals, and poetry and nonfiction anthologies. She writes an inspirational weekly newspaper column, “Down Life’s Path,” for her local newspaper, The Jackson Herald. Nancy also teaches piano and produces photographs for her greeting card business, “In His Image.” A Child Shall Lead Them is her fifth book.

Contact Nancy at HC 80, Box 187, Ripley, WV 25271, email nmerical@citynet.net, web site address http://www.angelfire.com/wv2/mericalwriter