Nerissa Nields

Nerissa Nields-Duffy has been a member of the band The Nields since 1991. She has toured North America, been on major labels, minor labels and shared stages with the Indigo Girls, James Taylor, Suzanne Vega, 10,000 Maniacs, Dar Williams, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and a panoply of musicians. Between the Nields and her duo with sister Katryna Nields, she has twelve CDs out. Her work has appeared in many compilations, magazines and movies. Her first novel,...See more

Nerissa Nields-Duffy has been a member of the band The Nields since 1991. She has toured North America, been on major labels, minor labels and shared stages with the Indigo Girls, James Taylor, Suzanne Vega, 10,000 Maniacs, Dar Williams, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and a panoply of musicians. Between the Nields and her duo with sister Katryna Nields, she has twelve CDs out. Her work has appeared in many compilations, magazines and movies. Her first novel, Plastic Angel, was published by Scholastic Press in 2005. She is currently working on her second novel, The Big Idea. She is an honored graduate of Yale University and holds a BA in English. She is a dynamic and seasoned performer and is passionately in love with what she gets to do for a living. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts with her husband, Tom Nields-Duffy. See less