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Author: Nancy Bilyeau

Nancy Bilyeau is the author of eight novels and one novella of historical suspense. Her latest thriller, 'The Versailles Formula, set in 18th-century Europe, will be published in spring 2025. A former staff editor at Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and InStyle, Nancy lives with her family in the Hudson Valley in New York.

Now on Kickstarter: My Gothic Suspense Novel

May 27, 2025 Nancy Bilyeau Books, Fiction, Marketing, New Release, Publishing, Writers inspirations, Writing

Since Kickstarter launched in 2009, it has shown incredible success. The crowdsourced funding platform has generated over $8.5 billion. As[…]

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The Faux Gothic Castle that Started It All

April 17, 2025 Nancy Bilyeau Historical Mysteries, Inspiration, New Release

Today, April 17th, is the publication day for my eighth historical thriller, The Versailles Formula. Seeing my novel out in[…]

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Can a Book Spoiler Prove Fatal?

March 18, 2025 Nancy Bilyeau Promotion, Uncategorized

I had just begun the stage in the book production cycle when I reviewed the description copy written by my[…]

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Standing Up to My Inner Critic

February 18, 2025 Nancy Bilyeau Conferences, Historical Mysteries, Uncategorized, Writers habits

Among the high points of 2012, my first year as a published novelist, was the Debut Authors breakfast held in[…]

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