Nancy Burke

Author and Screenwriter

Little Falls, New Jersey

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June 2022

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About Nancy

The disparate elements of my background feed my imagination, bringing life to my short fiction, novels, narrative non-fiction and most recently a screenplay. Three published books, short stories in journals, prize winning short play, an adaptation of my third book (a feminist sci-fi mystery) for the screen followed an early marketing communications and business development career, raising three daughters, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Rutgers' University Newark. The eclectic part includes travel agent, museum educator, mission commander at a Challenger Learning Center, tutor, writing workshop leader, adjunct professor, marathon finisher, workforce development specialist, anthropologist (undergrad), world traveler. Once introduced at a reading by a fellow writer who said, "I'm exhausted just reading what she's done."

Gender:
Female

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Only the Women are Burning Mystery When the women begin to burst into flame in her sleepy suburban town as they go about their daily routines, Cassandra, a stay-at-home mom and lapsed scientist, steps up to solve this enviro/sci-fi/feminist mystery.

Credits

Only the Women are Burning (2020)
Print Author
If I Could Paint the Moon Black (2019)
Author A young Estonian girl and her mother escape from their country in front of the Soviet invasion in 1939 and again in 1945.
From the Abuelas' Window (2005)
Author A young girl in Chile, 1973, learns her father is among the disappeared. With the help of three witches and a bit of magic (?) she rescues the prisoners in her village, hoping someone somewhere does the same for her father.

Awards

Boston Screenplay Awards Finalist, 2023 for Only the Women are Burning
(2023)
Second Place Short Play Festival for "Make Yourself at Home"
(2011)