Patti  is the NY Times Bestselling author of six novels with Penguin/NAL (Losing the Moon, Where the River Runs, When Light Breaks, Betweeen the Tides, The Art of Keeping Secrets, and Driftwood Summer).

Patti is hailed as a fresh new voice in southern fiction.   She has been short-listed for the Townsend Prize for Fiction and has been nominated for the Southeastern Independent Booksellers Fiction Novel of the Year.   She is a frequent speaker at luncheons, book clubs and women’s groups where she discusses the importance of storytelling and anything else they want to talk about.

Patti grew up as a minister’s daughter, learning early how storytelling affects our lives.  After earning her Master’s degree in child health, Patti worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist until her first child was born.

Patti is a full time writer, wife, and mother living with her husband and three children outside Atlanta on the Chattahoochee River where she is working on her next novel.

http://www.patticallahanhenry.com