Nancy Freund

Nancy Freund was born in New York, raised in Kansas City, and educated in Los Angeles... married in England, and now lives in Switzerland. She is the author of Foreword Reviews finalist for Book of the Year in General Fiction and Category Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Prize 'Rapeseed,' (Gobreau Press, 2013) 'Global Home Cooking: International Families' Favorite Recipes' which earned the Eric Hoffer Prize Honorable Mention and Amazon #1 bestseller status (2014), and 'Mailbox: A Scattershot Novel of Racing, Dares and Danger, Occasional Nakedness, and Faith' which was named a Foreword Reviews finalist for Young Adult Book of Year (2015) and a Writer's Digest Young Adult/Middle Grade finalist. 'Rapeseed' has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. Freund's writing has appeared in journals such as The Istanbul Review, Blood Lotus Journal, Offshoots, The Daily Mail, Female First, and The Sirenuse Journal. Her radio interviews have aired on BBC London, World Radio Switzerland, and Talk Radio Europe. Her short fiction and poetry have been nominated and published in "Best of" anthologies. She has also published work in scholarly journals. She holds a B.A. in English/Creative Writing and an M.Ed. from UCLA as well as a Masters in Creative Writing from Cambridge in the UK.