18″ Cloth 2008 Madame Alexander’s Bonjour Butterfly Fancy Nancy. Fancy Nancy started life as a children’s book in 2005. The book was written by Jane O’ Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. Nancy is a young girl with a larger than life personality, who adores all things fancy. She also has a favorite doll named Marabelle Lavinia Chandelier. I purchased the doll in 2013 at the First Houston Doll Show & Sale.