Nancy Churnin writes about people that inspire kids to make a positive difference and encourage kids to be heroes, too, in genres encompassing board books, picture books, chapter books, and middle grade. She is best-known for her nonfiction narrative picture books, from The William Hoy Story, on many state and school reading lists, Manjhi Moves a Mountain, a South Asia Book Award winner, and Dear Mr. Dickens, a 2021 National Jewish Book Award and 2022 Sydney Taylor Honor winner, which is featured in an educational program at The Charles Dickens Museum in London, teaching kids to recognize and stand up to discrimination. Other honors include: Junior Library Guild selections, Sydney Taylor Notables, National Council for the Social Studies Notables, Silver Eurekas, Mighty Girl lists, Kids Choice Award finalists, a Sakura Medal finalist, a Notable Book for a Global Society, an Anne Izard Storytellers Choice Award, multiple Bank Street College Best Books for Children lists, and starred reviews. A former theater critic for the Los Angeles Times and The Dallas Morning News, Nancy is now a full-time children’s book author and experienced presenter at conferences, museums, libraries, and schools who lives in North Texas.
Nancy is represented by Karen Grencik.
