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Nancy Nau Sullivan

Born: 1945 in San Francisco, California
Pen Name: Nancy Nau Sullivan

Connection to Illinois: Although a native Californian--her father was a Navy man based out of the Golden Gate City--she grew up from age three months in Lansing, Illinois near her grandfather's farm. One of her first recollections is of a sunny summer day when one of 'Pa's' cows stepped on her and broke her collar bone. Life was not so perilous from then on. She is the the eldest of seven, grew up on wild asparagus and gooseberries, and always drifts away each summer when she sees the cotton wood 'fairies' floating in the air. She left Illinois at 18 to go to college, and returned many years later to live in Chicago and teach and write. Her new memoir, ''The Last Cadillac'', was mostly written on the sixth floor of a vintage building overlooking the Newberry and Washington Park. The seasons come and go, but Illinois holds its own wonders and charm for her. . . .

Biography: Nancy Nau Sullivan is an author, former print journalist, teacher, and Peace Corps volunteer. She worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in the Midwest, and later earned a master's degree in journalism from Marquette University. She began her teaching career in Florida where she taught English at a boys's prison, then in Argentina, in Chicago, and in Mexico as a Peace Corps volunteer. Her stories have appeared in ''Gargoyle'', ''The Linnet's Wings'', ''The Blotter'', ''The Atherton Review'', and ''Red Rock Review''. Her memoir, ''The Last Cadillac'', was published in 2016 by Walrus, an imprint of Amphorae Publishing Group. She lives in Chicago and the Indiana dunes.


Awards:
  • -- Honorable mention, story, Carnegie Center, Louisville, 2015, ''Story "Once, I Had a Bunch of Thyme"''

Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers; Young adult readers

Email: thelastcadillac@gmail.com
Website: http://www.nancynausullivan.com
Nancy Nau Sullivan on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=nancy+nau+sullivan


Selected Titles

The last Cadillac :
ISBN: 1940442125 OCLC: 929545345

"You might be middle aged if ... ... you are mourning your mother's death while caring for your ailing father which leads to grappling with long-simmering sibling rivalries at the same time you are protecting your cildren from the fall-out of your ugly divorce and dealing with a contentious ex-husband as you try to stay sane and survive a hurricane. In this gripping memoir, Sullivan guides the reader through the chaotic whirlwind of unexpected and unwanted change and offers a common sense and humorous guide to surviving family relationships."--Back cover.

  The last Cadillac :
ISBN: 1940442133 OCLC: 1055261044

You might be middle aged if ... ... you are mourning your mother's death while caring for your ailing father which leads to grappling with long-simmering sibling rivalries at the same time you are protecting your cildren from the fall-out of your ugly divorce and dealing with a contentious ex-husband as you try to stay sane and survive a hurricane. In this gripping memoir, Sullivan guides the reader through the chaotic whirlwind of unexpected and unwanted change and offers a common sense and humorous guide to surviving family relationships.--Back cover.

 

 

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