Nancy Arthur Hoskins, a former college weaving instructor, is the author of The Coptic Tapestry Albums and the Archaeologist of Antinoé, Albert Gayet; Universal Stitches for Weaving, Embroidery, and Other Fiber Arts; Weft-Faced Pattern Weaves: Tabby to Taqueté; numerous articles; and has contributed chapters about Egyptian textiles to five other books. Nancy has researched Pharaonic, Coptic, and Early Islamic textile collections in over eighty museums in Canada, England, France, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Australia, Egypt, and America. She has presented lectures and workshops for national and international guilds, conferences, and universities. Her art fabrics have been in solo, group, and invitational exhibits.

Hoskins is currently researching Bronze Age Aegean and Egyptian textile patterns found in paintings with a series of articles published in the Complex Weavers Journal. Her weavings are done on an eight-shaft loom, a twenty-four-shaft computer-assisted loom, an inkle loom, and tapestry looms. In 2009, 2010, and 2019 she led The Textiles of Egypt Tours. Nancy and Blaine have four children, nine grandchildren, and two great-grandsons.