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Stacy A. Nyikos

Stacy A. Nyikos has spent most of her life following her two greatest passions, traveling and writing. Stacy was born in Houston, Texas. At the age of two, her travels began when her family moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. There, her own experiences with cold winter months and watching lots of television became the inspiration for her first children’s picture book, Squirt. Moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when she was twelve became the stuff of her second book, Shelby. “My new school was a scary place for me in the beginning. I had to learn to make new friends."

Stacy traveled back to Indiana to complete her BA at the University of Notre Dame where she first experimented with writing poetry. Upon finishing, she moved to Kiel, Germany, where she completed her MA and wrote her first novel. She returned to the U.S. for her doctorate in Political Science at the University of Virginia. The switch to fiction came with her last move.

“When we moved back to Tulsa after I finished at UVA, my life changed dramatically...again. For the first time, I wasn’t a student anymore. I was an adult and a new parent. My first daughter had just turned one. With my new free time, I finally had the chance to really watch her. Seeing how she experienced the world was so fascinating. It reminded me of my childhood experiences. Then one day, I woke up with stories in my head that didn’t have anything to do with what I had studied.”

Nevertheless, it was the years of academic training that prepared her for a career in children’s writing. “Academic writing taught me to be curious, how to research, and, most importantly, how to weave a tale.”

Stacy still teaches at the University of Oklahoma. When she is not working with students, she is writing. She has since written three picture books, a middle grade novel, and is currently completing her first young adult novel, Euromutt.

To learn more about Stacy Nyikos, author school visits, and her schedule, visit: http://www.stacyanyikos.com

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