Nancy has been a published author since 1999

Nancy Campbell Allen is the award-winning author of 25 published novels and several novellas, which encompass a variety of genres ranging from contemporary romantic suspense to historical fiction. Her most recent books, which include Regency, Victorian, and steampunk romance, are published through Shadow Mountain's Proper Romance line, and the What Happens in Venice novella series is part of the Timeless Romance Anthology collection published by Mirror Press. She writes contemporary romcoms under the pen name, Laney Bell. She has presented at numerous conferences and events since her initial publication in 1999. 
 
Her formal schooling includes a B.S. in Elementary Education from Weber State University and she has worked as a ghost writer and freelance editor, contributing to the releases, We Knew Howard Hughes, by Jim Whetton, and My Life Encapsulated, by Kenneth Brailsford. 
 
Her agent is Pamela Pho of Steven Literary Agency. 


Nancy loves to read, write, travel, and research, and enjoys spending time with family and friends. She nurtures a current obsession for true crime podcasts and is a news junkie. She and her husband have three children, and she lives in Ogden, Utah with her family, an obnoxious but endearing YorkiePoo named Freya, and a loveable but doofy Mini Goldendoodle named Padme.