Author Journalist
Specialty Subjects : social history, women's history
Book Credits : Poor Richard's Women : Deborah Read Franklin and the Other Women Behind the Founding Fathe r (2022-2023 Beacon Press). Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary Era Women and the Radical Men They Married ( Beacon Press, 2013.)) The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation ( Beacon Press, 2008.) The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox (Harcourt Books, 2005) American Empress : The Life and Times of Marjorie MerriweatherPost (Villard, 1995, paperbackcurrent) Isabella of Castile: The First Renaissance Queen ( St. Martin's Press,1991 hardcover,1992 paperback) The Mother Mirror: How A Generation of Women Is Changing Motherhood in America ( New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1984). The New Suburban Woman: Beyond Myth and Motherhood ( Coward, McCann & Geoghegan,1982).
Enter your professional bio here : Nancy Rubin Stuart is an award-winning author whose nonfiction books focus uopn women and social history. These include POOR RICHARD'S WOMEN; Deborah Read Franklin and the Other Women Behind the Founding Father published by Beacon Press in March 2022; DEFIANT BRIDES, named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the five best books on Revolutionary-era women; THE MUSE OF THE REVOLUTION, and the best-selling AMERICAN EMPRESS. Nancy's journalistic work has appeared in the New York Times, Huffington Post, the Washington Post, the New England Quarterly and national magazines. She is the executive director of the Cape Cod Writers Center.
Writing Credits : The New York Times, A & E Monthly Magazine, American History Magazine, The Baltimore Sun, Law Firm, Inc., Huffington Post, , Cape Cod Times, Barnstable Patriot, Stamford Advocate/Greenwich Time, Business Week’s Careers, Newsday, Louisville Courier Journal, Work in America Institute. Savvy, AMS Press,(Biography and Source Studies series), American Imago, Child, Cooking Light, Family Circle Ladies’ Home Journal, McCall’s, Parents, Travel & Leisure, The Washington Post, Journal of the American Revolution, HistoryNet.com.
Awards and Recognition : 2021 Wall Street Journal – Defiant Brides ''One of the Five Best Books on Revolutionary Era Women'' 2013 Defiant Brides , A Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club 2 and the History and Military Book Clubs 2010 Finalist, USA Book News Best Book Award for The Muse of the Revolution 2008 Creative Artists and Writers Fellow, American Antiquarian Society 2009 Historic Winslow House Best Book Award for The Muse of the Revolution 2006 Honorable Mention, Outstanding book of the Year for The Reluctant Spiritualist from the American Society of Journalists and Authors 1995 Best Book Westchester Library Association 1992 Author of the Year Award for Isabella of Castile from the American Society of Journalists and Authors 1981 Fellow, MacDowell Colony 1980 Time Inc. Fellow, Bread Loaf Writers Conference
Skills (Select all that apply) : Books, Editing, Event production, Feature writing, Q&A, News, Articles
List any memberships you have with other organizations : Authors Guild, Ambassador for the Boston Chapter 2022-current
Executive Director, Cape Cod Writers Center 2010-current
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