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Nancy Panko is a retired pediatric nurse and author of two award-winning books. Her most recent is Sheltering Angels, the story 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.
Panko's historical fiction novel, 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 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. Nancy is a twenty-two 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 character in Guiding Missal. 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 awarded a Silver Medal in 2017 by The Military Writers' Society of America. 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. |
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.
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They love being in, on or near the water with their family.
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Nancy is a member of the Cary Senior Writing Circle, The Light of Carolina Christian Writers Group, and The Military Writers Society of America.
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