Nancy Bauer, née Nancy Luke (born July 7, 1934) is a Canadian writer and editor who writes for a number of Canadian maritime magazines about people who write, produce crafts and create visual art. Born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, the daughter of Grace Bridgeford and Wendell Luke, Bauer received her B.A. in English from Mount Holyoke College in 1956. She moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1965. From 1967 until 1983, Bauer was the publisher of 25 New Brunswick Chapbooks. She founded the Maritime Writers Workshop, and has served as writer-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick, the Cape Cod Writers Conference, East Word One, and Bemidji State University. She was married to Bill Bauer, writer and retired professor, until his death in 2010. Awards 1982: 2nd prize, CBC Literary Competition 1999: Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in the Literary Arts Selected bibliography "Finding a pattern with soothing words", New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, February 6th, 2010 "A matter of joining forces", New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, April 25th, 2009 1982:Flora, Write this Down. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, . 1985:Wise Ears. Ottawa: Oberon, . 1988:The Opening Eye. Ottawa: Oberon, . 1991:Samara, the Wholehearted. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, . 1994:The Irrational Doorways of Mr. Gerard. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, . References External links Home Page of Nancy Bauer 1934 births Living people Mount Holyoke College alumni Writers from Fredericton Writers from Boston University of New Brunswick Canadian women non-fiction writers Canadian women novelists Canadian women short story writers 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian short story writers 20th-century Canadian women writers Chelmsford High School alumni