Nancy Pinard

Nancy Pinard was raised in an arts-oriented family
in Dayton, Ohio. She danced with the Dayton Ballet
Company, but gave up her dream of a career in dance when
she suffered an injury that required surgery. Her
adventures in the world of ballet are fictionalized in her
first novel, Shadow Dancing.



Her other love, literature, led her to teach high school
and junior high English. She began writing fiction while
she was raising two sons and her husband served as senior
pastor to a large congregation. In 2005 she completed an
MFA in creative writing. She now teaches short story
writing at Sinclair Community College. Her own stories
have appeared in literary magazines and an anthology.
Butterfly Soup is her second published novel. Read more
at www.nancypinard.com .