Nancy TakacsNancy Takacs is the the winner of the 2016 Juniper Prize for her book The Worrier. Her book Blue Patina won the 2016 15 Bytes Book Award for Poetry. Other books include Pale Blue Wings, Preserves, Juniper, and Wild Animals. A former wilderness studie and creative writing professor at the College of Eastern Utah, she is the recipient of the Sherwin W. Howard Poetry Award from Weber: The Contemporary West, several writing awards from the Utah Arts Council, and the Nation/Discovery Award. She lives with her husband Jan Minich, in Wellington, Utah. Read More Read Less