Known as the author of the blog post “How to Murder Your Husband,” Nancy Brophy’s own life turned out to be inspired by her own work when she shot and murdered her husband, Daniel Brophy. Post the event, her life is under constant scrutiny, and presently she is facing a sentence of life imprisonment and serving her time at Coffer Creek Correctional Facility in Oregon.
Imagining a romance novelist turning into a murderer seems like a script of a movie, but her life fits a perfect thriller story, and that’s why a movie was aired by Lifetime, “How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story.” Considering how dramatic the life of Nancy Brophy, let’s delve deeper into her life and discuss about her career, net worth, and conviction.
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Early Life
Nancy Crampton Brophy was born on 16th June 1950 in Wichita Falls, Texas, and raised in a family maintaining a lively community and strong family values. Her parents, Roger Crampton and Barbara Crampton, were both established lawyers, and the hard work was instilled in Nancy from a very young age. She also has two siblings with whom she grew up, Holly and Mark Crampton.
Nancy attended the University of Houston for higher education and later went to Portland State University, which reflects her strong educational background. Parallel to her formal education, she also attended Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts School in Portland, Oregon, and polished her culinary skills.
Beginning of Career
Nancy has a diverse career, from a humble beginning in the field of insurance and catering as which was influenced by her culinary experience. While she was becoming financially stable, she was also exploring her creative side and eventually shifted to full-time writing.
In the early 2000s, she started writing novels and also became a self-publisher. Her works combined romance and thriller themes, and she published works like “The Wrong Husband,” “The Wrong Lover,” “The Wrong Cop,” “Hell on the Heart,” and “Girl Most Likely Do.” Her novels have been said to have reflected her real life struggles. However, her most debatable work came in 2011 when she published a blog post, “How to Murder Your Husband.”
She was doing well in her career, achieving decent success, and she established herself as a niche writer, but things went upside down when she shot her husband dead in 2018 and was convicted for the crime in 2022 with life imprisonment.
Shot to Fame
Ironically, Nancy never got her due fame for her works, but for her crime of killing her husband. After the act, her novels received more limelight and her post “How to Murder Your Husband” specifically got more attention, resulting into a movie being made on the same.
Relationships
Nancy was married to Daniel Brophy, whom she met at her culinary classes, and they both shared the same passion for cooking. They married in 1999, and her husband was a chef by profession. They were married for 19 years before he was killed in 2018. The couple didn’t have any kids.
Major Sources of Income and Net Worth
Nancy had a stable salary with her regular job in the field of insurance and cooking, and later she shifted to writing and publishing her own work, which didn’t make her gain any commercial success. Her net worth was standing at $100,000. She was expecting to inherit the money recovered by Daniel’s life insurance of about $1.4 million, but after her conviction, her own savings have collapsed.
