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Nancy Freund

Welcome
Biography
An American-Brit in Switzerland, Nancy Freund writes novels, essays, poetry, and flash fiction. She has published two novels, Rapeseed (2013) and Mailbox (2015), an international cookbook, Global Home Cooking (2014), and pieces in numerous literary magazines and scholarly journals. She earned her BA in English/Creative Writing and M.Ed. from UCLA and her MSt, (aka MFA), in Creative Writing from Cambridge University, UK, graduating from Lucy Cavendish College in 2021.
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She is currently working on a book on expats and empathy.
Flash Fiction
Books
Rapeseed
Rapeseed is an unusual coming-of-age story about an extraordinary woman, her bright and quirky teenage son, and their family -- because families mature and come of age too. Carolann Cooper is a synesthete with blended senses. She sees her letters and numbers and turbulent memories in color. Her family's move from small town Kansas to London cracks open her complicated history and exposes secrets she's been keeping with her husband -- and from him as well -- just as her son begins to enjoy new and dangerous freedoms abroad. Carolann must urgently figure out who she really is to reconcile her past with her family's future. Rapeseed is a multi-colored, cross-cultural novel of fine contemporary fiction.
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Global Home Cooking
Inspired by the International School of Lausanne's annual International Day, when the school's diverse families share their culture's favorite home-cooked meals with the 600+ school children, this book lovingly assembles more than 140 recipes, from starters to side-dishes to desserts and cocktails, generously submitted by current and past families and friends of ISL.
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Press
Geneva Writers Group
June 8, 2013
Award - Prize-winning short story "Marcus" by Nancy Freund
Two-hundred members strong, from 25 countries, the Geneva Writers' Group celebrates its 20th anniversary with the announcement of its first fiction prize, awarded to Marcus, by Nancy Freund, chosen by writer, Bret Lott.
"What I liked best about Marcus was the sort of disjointed, fragmented tone and texture of this stark and foreboding tale. A young man trying to figure things out, trying to figure how to tell his story, doing the best he can, and doing the wrong thing. A full and rich and startling story." -- Bret Lott, author of Oprah book club pick, Jewel
The Woolf
June 1, 2013
Feature
p 33/39
Keeping Track: On the Trail of Local Writers, Nancy Freund
Andilit
September 13, 2013
Interview
Crazy Perseverence: A Writers Write Interview with Nancy Freund
Indie Author Land
September 20, 2013
Interview
Interview with Nancy Freund, author of 'Rapeseed'
Necessary Fiction
September 6, 2013
Research Notes on Rapeseed
Foreword Magazine
August 29, 2013
Feature on Rapeseed
Feature on Nancy Freund, 'Rapeseed,' and Gobreau Press.
World Radio Switzerland
March 7, 2014
Interview
Book Banter interview with Nancy Freund
World Radio Switzerland
Discussion on Rapeseed
After Nyne Magazine
April 14, 2014
Rapeseed Review
Squid Inc Magazine
April 15, 2014
Rapeseed Review
Female First
April 25, 2014
Interview
Exclusive Interview with Nancy Freund
BBC London
April 9, 2014
Interview on Youtube
20-minute radio interview: Jo Good and Nancy Freund on synesthesia and Rapeseed