Nancy Sharp is the award-winning author of the memoir Both Sides Now: A True Story of Love, Loss and Bold Living, winner of eight literary awards, including the Colorado Book Award.  Her children’s book Because The Sky Is Everywhere will be published in 2017.  As a sought-after keynote speaker, Nancy’s programs teach audiences the paradoxes of loss and gain, and how to move beyond adversity and the “gray of life” toward bold narratives of their own making. She holds a MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College.

"Everything in my experience tells me that life and death are simply both sides now. See the thin border between the two, and color even in darkness. We humans aren’t hardwired to wear the mask of grief forever. How would we live? Consciously choose to remove the mask. It’s a choice, as intentional as eating, and necessary for our survival. Now we can see the landscape of love and loss, vulnerability and strength, health and illness, joy and sorrow, youth and old age, past and present. This is life."   --Nancy Sharp