Nancy Tillman (born 1954) is an American author and

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. Tillman's picture books focus on the love parents have for their children with animals. Her books ''On the Night You Were Born'', ''Wherever You Are, My Love Will Find You'', ''The Crown on Your Head'', ''I'd Know You Anywhere'', and ''You're Here for a Reason'' were ''

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'' best-sellers. ''On the Night You Were Born'' was originally self-published, then re-issued by the imprint

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, which has published Tillman's subsequent books. Tillman was born in

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in 1954, and grew up in

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Bibliography

* ''On the Night You Were Born'', 2005 * ''It’s Time to Sleep, My Love'', by Eric Metaxas and illustrated by Nancy Tillman, 2008 * ''Tumford the Terrible'', 2008 * ''The Wonder of You'', 2008 * ''The Spirit of Christmas'', 2009 * ''Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You'', 2010 * ''The Crown on Your Head'', 2011 * ''Tumford's Rude Noises'', 2012 * ''I'd Know You Anywhere, My Love'', 2013 * ''The Heaven of Animals'', 2014 * ''You're Here for a Reason'', 2015 * ''You and Me and the Wishing Tree'', 2016 *''You're All Kinds of Wonderful'', 2017 *''You Are Loved'', 2018 *''I Knew You Could Do It!'', 2019 *''Because You're Mine'', 2020

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tillman, Nancy American children's writers Living people 1954 births American women children's writers 21st-century American writers 21st-century American women writers Writers from Birmingham, Alabama Writers from Columbus, Georgia