Nancy Pickard (born September 19, 1945, in Kansas City, Missouri[1]) is an American crime novelist.

She also served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America.

She received a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and began writing when she was 35 years old.

[2] She is frequently a panelist at the Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave,[3] a convention for mystery writers and mystery fans in Manhattan, Kansas.

• Interview with Nancy Pickard, A DISCUSSION WITH National Authors on Tour TV Series, Episode #56 (1993)