Nashville native, Nancy Sartor’s BLESSED CURSE won the coveted Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in the paranormal novels last night. Nancy has three novels in print, BONES ALONG THE HILL, BLESSED CURSE and CHRISTMAS ACROSS TIME.

When asked how long she’s been writing, Nancy smiled. “My love of reading began in the first grade. The great authors Taylor Caldwell and Kathleen Woodiwiss showed me novels of substance. Great teachers like Donald Maass and a host of selfless writers helped me hone my skills. Writing is a solitary activity, but it is almost never done alone. Writers need feedback from their peers, help from their editors and a publisher who believes in creativity. I have all those things.”

Nancy lives near Mt. Juliet in Wilson County with her classical composer husband, Dave Sartor and two Maine Coon cats.

“This is a creative household,” Nancy says. “That means we work our day-to-day lives around our writing. Doing it that way also means the laundry takes second place to art, but we generally manage to muddle through.”