"Patrick's prose is literary; thoughtful and evocative, stealthily drawing emotion from the reader."  
"Patrick's words are deliberately sparse, and in this, she allows the reader a rare privilege: to imagine themselves in the precarious positions the characters are in." --JoAnn WX on Goodreads

​​​​​​​Kathleen Patrick is a poet and fiction writer with an MA in Creative and Professional Writing whose work includes poetry, short stories, and novels. She writes for adults, teens, and children. Her work has received Honorable Mention from the Academy of American Poets as well as Loft-McKnight Awards in poetry and fiction.

​​​​​​​Airmail: A Story of War in Poems was her first published book. Mercy is her first coming-of-age novel, and Anxiety in the Wilderness is her first book of short stories. Perfume River, is a contemporary novel about searching for happiness in trying times. Her latest book, The Shoe Box Waltz is a gripping multidimensional novel that will leave you unsettled until the very end.