Nancy Young is a seven-time Book Award Winner. Strum was Library Journal's #2 Most Request Self-e book (Fantasy) in 2017. It received the USA Best Book Award Finalist-Fiction:Literary Award, IPPY Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction (Canada-East), and Hon Mention in the Hollywood, New York, San Francisco and Great Northwest Book Festivals, all in 2014. The Strum Audiobook with Music was launched in January 2018. Young's writing brings to life her global travel and multicultural perspective. Born in Taipei and raised in Pasadena, California, she has traveled to over 30 countries and was an arts and cultural development consultant to state and federal governments in Australia for 13 years. She has authored numerous cultural development plans and policies, arts marketing books, and a short fiction story in the anthology Sweet Sisters and Other Secrets, published by Zonta International. She studied English, French and Chinese literature at UC Berkeley, and International Affairs, Asian History and Film-making, respectively at Columbia, Hawaii and Melbourne Universities. Nancy supports literacy and medical research through her work in fundraising in Southern California where she lives and writes. This is her debut novel. For more information on Strum: A Novel, visit the official website: www.nmcyoung.com Www.InkwaterBooks.com/strum FaceBook: www.facebook.com/pages/Strum-A-Novel/... Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Strum-Nancy-You...