Offered here by Vermont writer Nancy Means Wright is a signed copy of The Shady Sisters

These poems address the complexity of a woman's desire to live a whole life, and the choices that must be made... They celebrate the ever present dangers of loving and the glorious thing it is to live. ~Diane Swan, author of Jewelweed and The Other Wish

The grandmother of our alums Zoe & Zelie Wright Neal, to (all of) whom we are grateful.

Nancy Means Wright has published 17 books, including 5 mysteries from St. Martin's Press, and most recently two historicals: The Nightmare(Perseverance,'11) and Midnight Fires ('10).

Her children's mysteries received an Agatha Award and Agatha nomination. Short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, American Literary Review, Level Best Books anthologies, and elsewhere.

Longtime teacher, actress-director, and Bread Loaf Scholar for a first novel, Nancy lives in Middlebury, Vermont.