Nancy Antle grew up in Utah and Oklahoma. She started writing as a child, just for fun, eventually self-publishing a mystery story in honor of her father's birthday about a robbery that was foiled by a smart little girl. It received a rave review. Not long after that, she wrote a screenplay for her favorite TV show, Lost in Space, that was a mega hit with the neighborhood kids who actually sat still and listened while she read it aloud. Hollywood, however, was not interested.
In high school, Nancy was the editor of the school newspaper, a publication that relied heavily on gossip to attract readers. This experience helped her hone her fiction writing skills. A few years after college, Nancy had her first poem published in Cricket Magazine. The poem was composed during a run on the streets of Palo Alto after observing a fat cat in someone's yard. Over the next few decades, she had short stories and books released by a variety of publishers for children and young adults, mostly in the US but a few in Australia and one reprint in China. Her most recently published piece for children was a poem in Babybug, a division of the Cricket magazine group.
In 2014, she completed an MFA at Southern Connecticut State University and returned to her first love, writing short stories for an older audience. She is diligently working on a book of connected short stories that she began during the pandemic. With any luck, she will finish it and find a publisher before she kicks the bucket.
Nancy has taught fiction writing in person, online and by snail mail. Currently, she curates a website, Afghan Voices, with the help of poet, Pamela Hart. They edit and publish poems, memoirs and essays written by Afghans who want to share their personal stories and observations.
Nancy lives in New Haven, Connecticut with her husband, Rick, a professor, and her dog, Scoot.