Nancy Ellis Horowitz

Nancy Ellis Horowitz was a contributor at the Breadloaf Writer’s Conference in Middlebury, VT. When not writing fiction, she has worked as a Creative Director in advertising agencies in New York, London, Mumbai and Sydney. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and daughter.

Some of my favorite things: postcards, marching bands, holding hands.

Writers who inspire me: Maya Angelou, Paul Auster, Anais Nin, Pablo Neruda, Nadine Gordimer

Favorite places: Mumbai, Havana, Istanbul, Vermont, Vietnam, Paris

Places I still need to go: Tokyo, South Africa, Bhutan, Myanmar

Words to live by: "People do what they want to do."

"Follow your heart, but take your brain with you"

"There's no such thing as bad weather, only wrong clothing."