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Nancy Jorgensen

A Waukesha writer, Nancy Jorgensen partnered with her daughter Elizabeth Jorgensen to write their 2019 memoir, Go, Gwen, Go: A Family’s Journey to Olympic Gold (Meyer & Meyer Sport). Her choral education books are published by Hal Leonard Corporation and Lorenz Corporation. She enjoys baking, playing medieval music and working with textiles.

Latest Contributed Stories

May 12, 2022

Little known truths about lilies of the valley

It was May 1977 when my grandmother Nana led me to her basement, past the black-iron cook stove, then the shelves of home-canned beans and beets. I sniffed the stale ...

Quentin Smirl (right) at work at Lithoprint Company in Waukesha. (Courtesy of Nancy Jorgensen).

August 20, 2020

Fine Print: Lessons From A Family Company

Running a family business can instill pride and a valuable work ethic that circulates through the household. Wisconsin writer Nancy Jorgensen shares a story about her father, Quentin Smirl, and ...

June 17, 2020

Raised on Raw

Food can conjure up vivid memories of childhood. The tastes and smells can send us to another place, while creating new memories in the moment. Writer Nancy Jorgensen has been ...

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