Nancy Panko is a retired pediatric nurse and an award-winning author of Guiding Missal. She is a  sixteen-time contributor to Chicken Soup for the Soul and has written for Guidepost and Woman's World magazines. She is pictured here with her husband, Butch who is the second service member in Guiding Missal. Her novel has been a feature segment on the WRAL-TV series, The Tar Heel Traveler. Guiding Missal was a feature segment on WRAL-TV's Tar Heel Traveler. Nancy has been featured in the Raleigh News and Observer's Book Beat column by Cindy Schaefer, and interviewed on WTRU radio for Robby Dilmore's show, Kingdom Pursuits. Guiding Missal was awarded a Silver Medal in the historical fiction category in 2017 by The Military Writers' Society of America. Nancy's newest book, Sheltering Angels, is a family saga about love, faith, guardian angels, and miracles that appeals to a wide readership from all walks of life. 

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Nancy and Butch moved to North Carolina in 2008 after decades of living and working in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. They have two children and four grandchildren. 

They love being in, on or near the water with their family.

Nancy is a member of the Cary Senior Writing Circle, The Light of Carolina Christian Writers Group, and The Military Writers Society of America.