Continue into this site and read about each of Nancy's award-winning books and a few of her Chicken Soup for the Soul stories that are among her favorites. Just click on the tab subtitles above. 




Nancy is a member of NC Scribes and the Military Writers Society of America.
Nancy Panko is a retired pediatric nurse and author of three award-winning books.  
Guiding Missal - Fifty Years. Three Generations of Military Men. One Spirited Prayer Book, is based on actual events from 1942 to 1993. The narrator of this unique award-winning story is a small pocket prayer book carried by three men in the same family from WWII to the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia during Blackhawk Down.
Sheltering Angels chronicles the life of a little girl born with the ability to see and talk to her guardian angel. Sheltering Angels,  a 2021 silver medal winner for literary fiction, is a family saga about love, faith, guardian angels, and miracles. 
Blueberry Moose is Nancy's first children's book. This gold medal winner tells the story of a moose in Maine who loves to eat blueberries and ingests so many that he turns blue. 
Peachy Possums  Young Olivia must save her family's orchard from destruction from a pesky passel of possums who are playing soccer with perfect peaches. Olivia and the possums cooperate to forge a compromise so that everyone gets what they want.
The Skunk Who Lost His Cents Adam, the skunk, has lost something special to him. Emily offers to help look for it. But are they looking for the same thing?
If I Had a Baby Elephant... A little girl dreams about having an exotic pet. Catchy rhymes and colorful illustrations are bound to enchant any reader.
Zoey the Zebra and the Big Red Spot Zoey the zebra has beautiful black and white stripes but today, she doesn’t feel well.Zoey cries out, “Why do I have red dots? Zebras have stripes - not these spots.”
Kids can’t help but fall in love with Zoey as she deals with a crisis.
Chicken Scratchings - Fifty Inspirational Stories From a Mother Hen is a compilation of her short stories published over the years in Chicken Soup for the Soul book, Guideposts and Women's World magazines.
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Nancy has been spotlighted  in the Raleigh News and Observer's Book Beat column, and interviewed on WTRU radio for Robby Dilmore's show, Kingdom Pursuits. Guiding Missal was a feature segment on WRAL-TV's Tar Heel Traveler.
Both Panko's novels were the recipient of the Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Award in their respective categories. Both novels have won silver medals in their respective categories in the annual Military Writers Society of America book contest.
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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, four grandchildren, and three grand-dogs.
They love being in, on or near the water with their family.