Nancy Willard Author & Editor

Nancy Willard is a lecturer in English at Vassar College. She is the author of two novels, Things invisible to See (Knopf, 1994) and Sister Water, and eleven books of poetry - the most recent of which is Swimming Lessons (Knopf, 1996). In addition to being a poet, essayist, and novelist, she is a noted writer of children's books, including A Visit to William Blake's Inn (Harcourt Children's Books, 1981), which was nominated for the National Book Award and was the first poetry book to win the Newbery Medal.