ancy is the author of Red State of Mine: How a Catfish Queen Reject Became a Liberty Belle, which will be released by Time Warner Books in October 2006. She began her writing career as a Philadelphia City Paper columns tackling politics, religion, and culture with a light humorous touch; her articles have also appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Daily News.

She is an alumna of David Lipscomb University and New York University, where she studied English and philosophy. In addition to book writing, she is also co-founder of the grassroots political websites EvangelicalsforMitt.com and TNforMitt.com. Nancy, her husband David, and their two children live in Columbia Tennessee – home of a week long April festival celebrating mules. They attend Zion Presbyterian Church.