Nancy Crocker

I grew up in Wakenda, Missouri—a town of 100 (then) and 3 (now). I studied at Columbia College, University of Minnesota, and The Loft Literary Center. I've published personal essays, one of which appears in "My Brush With History" (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2001); and three works of fiction: "Betty Lou Blue" (Dial Books, 2006), "Billie Standish Was Here" (Simon & Schuster, 2007), and "Seeing America" (Medallion Press, 2014).

I live in Minneapolis with my husband and son. We have two cats, one of which is nice.