Summer of Discovery: Discovering a Co-Author

Nancy Holder is the multiple-award winning, New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Wicked series, written with Debbie Viguié. She and Viguié have sold a total of eleven books together so far. Their Crusade series is available now from Simon and Schuster, and the Wolf Springs Chronicles series will debut in December with Unleashed. Nancy also writes the Possessions series for Razorbill. She writes comic books and pulp fiction for Moonstone Books, and is on the faculty of the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing Program, offered through the University of Southern Maine.



I have been so lucky to discover my coauthor, Debbie Viguié. Debbie was a student of mine at the Maui Writers Retreat and she was so talented and fun right from the get-go. Shortly after the retreat, I began work on a four-book contract for the Wicked series, and I asked Debbie if she would join me. She added so much to the books, including all our fantastic poems, that it became "our" thing rather than my thing-with-help-from-someone-else. We had a great time working together, and it's just gotten better through the years. We've sold eleven books together so far. Plus, we have become very, very good friends.

Not only do we like each as friends as collaborators, but we have so much in common—we both love the Italian metal group, Rhapsody of Fire, Stargate SG-1, and Chuck; we love going on book tours; and we are both total Disney kids. In fact, I'm flying to Orlando in a week so we can go to Disney World together. We have so much to celebrate–no one throws better parties than Holder & Viguié!

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Nancy, thanks for introducing us to your coauthor! I'm looking forward to reading all your books!

Readers & writers – have you ever collaborated with another person on a project? Was it difficult? Easy? What did you find the most rewarding?

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You can also find Nancy at the following sites:

Nancy's Main Website
@nancyholder
https://www.facebook.com/holder.nancy
https://www.facebook.com/nancyholderfans
https://www.facebook.com/crusadeseries
https://www.facebook.com/possessionsseries
https://www.facebook.com/wickedseries
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wolf-Springs-Chronicles/193707337338868