Patty W Warren is the author of ‘Junebug’ in the award-winning anthology, Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women. She is working on other short stories and novels. Patty writes stories of everyday women who make decisions in the face of doubt and conflict which change their lives. Her stories are seeded in the South where she grew up. Stories have always been a part of her life, forming her at an early age. Some of Patty’s favorite family memories are sitting around a freezer of homemade ice cream, while listening to her grandfather spin stories of his youth. Her father continued that custom on lazy Sunday afternoons sitting under a big oak tree in their backyard. So, you can see where she developed her love of story. Her mother inspired Patty’s love of reading. She would take Patty to their local library every week for a huge haul of books. Patty would check-out the most books that you could at one time and finish them by the next trip, ready to browse the rows and run her hands along the spines of the books again. She continued her family tradition by making up stories to help her daughter fall asleep when she was small, if their normal ritual of reading two books at bedtime accomplish the task.
Life interrupted Patty’s plans to write by moving their family around the Southeastern United States with her husband’s corporate job. She’s worked in retail, as a college intern, a Human Resources Director for two home health agencies and volunteered for non-profit positions. When her family moved back to North Carolina in 2003, she and her husband bought a small business and worked together for over 16 years until they sold it and retired.
Her desire to write pushed against her like a physical force the whole time and after they settled in North Carolina again, she couldn’t find the right direction. However her daughter suggested she start a blog. So, she did, and blogged book reviews while she dusted off her writing skills. Now, Patty is writing novels and short stories. She has several in the works and one finished manuscript which she hopes to share with you soon.
Patty has a BSBA in Business from East Carolina University. In her position as a President of her daughter’s PTA, she met many nice women who she shared hard work and fun with, all while growing the stories in her imagination. As her circle of three moved around, they gathered friends and learned new traditions. They purchased their small business because they wanted to be closer to family and available to help their parents as they aged. During that time, Patty and her husband ran their sign company together and she feels her time was well spent listening to the stories of their customers and finding creative ways to help them promote their business.
Now, Patty is concentrating on her writing and pursuing the advice she received in a fortune cookie her first year back in North Carolina. It read, “Someday you will write a book,” and now she has written two. Patty writes stories of strong women and their family relationships usually include a touch of mystery. She’s a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, where she serves on the Historical Fiction Affinity Zoom Group Committee and produces a weekly newsletter. She is also a member of the N.C. Writer’s Network and the Historical Novel Society. She lives on the southern coast of North Carolina where she enjoys the beach, writing, reading, and several terrific writer’s groups. More information about her writing can be found at www.pattywwarren.com.
