Nancy Stancill

    Nancy Stancill spent 38 years as a newspaper reporter and editor before she began writing fiction full-time. A graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, she earned an M.A. in creative writing from the University of Tampa in 2015.

   Her works include Saving Texas (2013), Winning Texas (2016), Tall (nonfiction, 2020), and Deadly Secrets ( 2024).

  More on Nancy is here.

  • More eyes are the prize

    Oct. 8, 2025

    My publisher kindly entered “Deadly Secrets,” my third Annie Price mystery, in a Goodreads giveaway.

    The September results are in: 1,135 entrants for 100 Kindle downloads and 1,081 Goodreads readers shelved it as a “want to read.”

    This is by no means a Goodreads record, but I’m really happy to have that many sets of eyes on it.

  • We’re giving away copies of ‘Deadly Secrets’

    I’m honored to participate in a Goodreads giveaway with three talented Black Rose Writing women writers.

    Please enter my giveaway for a free ebook of “Deadly Secrets” through September.

    Winners will be randomly drawn from those who register.

    The winners will be notified at the end of September.

  • Donations go to Helene recovery

    Western NC debris pile from Hurricane Helene (PBS NC)

    Aug. 24, 2025

    My suspense novel, Deadly Secrets, has raised several thousand dollars for two Western North Carolina disaster funds. Half the full-price proceeds went to Hearts with Hands; the other half went to The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. The organizations are assisting hard-hit Hurricane Helene victims, many in Buncombe and Swannanoa counties.

    I spent a lot of time in the mountains as a child, and it seemed appropriate to use this book to help an area that’s so dear to me.

    I hope I will be able to send these two organizations more money.

    The mystery is set in the mountains and in Charlotte and Texas. Deadly Secrets is the third of my Annie Price, investigative reporter, series, and the first set in North Carolina. Most of the action takes place in Charlotte and Blowing Rock.

    The new novel centers on a powerful evangelical minister who wants to take over Western North Carolina. He persuades the N.C. legislature and Congress to split North Carolina into two states, adding two more senators and several new Congress members to the conservative ranks.

    The minister becomes governor of Westcarolina and begins changing it to reflect his beliefs and line his pockets. Annie, reporting for the newspaper, investigates murder, corruption and the erosion of personal freedom in the new state.

    I worked for 15 years for the Charlotte Observer as an investigative reporter and assigning editor. Before that, I worked for 15 years for the Houston Chronicle. The life of the newsroom is prominent in all three novels and many of the plot points come from my real-life experiences.

    The book was released by Black Rose Writing in late December 2024 and it’s for sale at Park Road Books in Charlotte and most online sources.

 

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Excerpts from recent posts on ‘Tall’

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Excerpts from posts on ‘Saving Texas’

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  • More eyes are the prize

    Oct. 8, 2025 My publisher kindly entered “Deadly Secrets,” my third Annie Price mystery, in a Goodreads giveaway. The September results are ...

  • What’s next for Annie

    Sept.8, 2024 #bookandcat  

  • Book sales at Queens

    Feb. 2, 2024 Nancy sold copies of all three of her books Friday at the Senior Scholars at Queens Expo. Susan ...

  • Reflecting on the memoir form

    July 6, 2023 First published July 5 at Cully Perlman’s NovelMasterClass.com’s blog under the headline “GUEST POST: Writing Memoir: Nancy Stancill’s ...

  • The Last Day

    March 19, 2021 I wrote this poem about my mother-in-law Jaye, who died two weeks ago. The Last Day Hungry. Stop for a chicken sandwich. Arrive ...

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