Nanci Lee Woody

Nanci Lee Woody was a teacher, textbook author (math and accounting!) and Dean of Business before she wrote her first novel. TEARS AND TROMBONES won an Independent Publishers medal for "Best Fiction in the Western Pacific Region"; two medals from Readers' Favorites in the Literary Fiction and YA-Coming of Age categories; a Book Excellence award, category - Music; and a Top Shelf Magazine First Place award, category - Regional Fiction. TEARS AND TROMBONES is based on the true story of a boy who wants nothing more than to become a musician. Poverty and ignorance work against him, but his biggest obstacle is his alcoholic father who is dead-set against his son playing a trombone for a living. It is a poignant coming-of-age story, the passionate love story of a young man torn between two women, and a book filled with music, from Mozart to Johnny Cash. Follow young Joey as his single-minded passion leads him to a major symphony orchestra while, along the way, he nearly destroys the lives of two women who love him. Nanci recently completed the pilot to convert TEARS AND TROMBONES to a TV mini-series. Her short stories and poetry appears in numerous print anthologies and online. She also wrote the book and lyrics for a musical, “Hello to Life!,” produced in Sacramento. To hear a sample chapter from Tears and Trombones read by the author, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5ZAA84oU3M To read a sample of Nanci's short stories, click here: http://twinenterprises.com/the_fear_of_monkeys/issue_twentyfour/aisle_of_death.htm OR, HERE Short Story Contest, First Place, California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch http://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org/2016/loss/ You can listen to Capital Public Radio's Insight Host, Beth Ruyak, interviewing Nanci here: http://ia801503.us.archive.org/35/items/Insight-160309/Insight-160309d.mp3 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nanci is a photographer and artist. Her art has appeared in juried shows in the Sacramento area and in the KVIE annual on-air auctions. She won the Juror's Award in the Fine Arts category for her photo, "Supermoon" at the California State Fair in 2017 and the Curator's Award at the KVIE (PBS) annual on-air art auction in 2018. She is also a lover of music of all kinds, from opera to country. Most of all, she cherishes her family and friends and spends as much time with them as possible. You can find out more about Nanci at http://www.nancileewoody.com Check out EDITORIAL REVIEWS for Tears and Trombones at: ONLINE BOOK CLUB OnlineBookClub.org/reviews/ READERS' FAVORITES https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/tears-and-trombones FOREWORD REVIEWS https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/tears-and-trombones/ BOOK VIRAL REVIEWS http://www.bookviral.com/tears-and-trombones/4588540299 LITERARY FICTION REVIEWS http://www.literaryfictionreview.com/march2015.php THE REVIEW http://thereview2014.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/anna-reviews-tears-and-trombones-by.html