Patti Richards

Author Bio:

Writer, teacher, mother, wife, storyteller, Patti Richards has spent nearly 30 years writing stories and telling tales. MRS. NOAH (Little Lamb Books) is her first fiction picture book for children. Her poem “Alice Thanks the Looking Glass(es)” is part of the award-winning anthology, THANKU: POEMS OF GRATITUDE, edited by Miranda Paul. Her children’s work also includes three nonfiction books, and several magazine articles, including a fiction piece in Highlights Magazine. She was a Katherine Paterson Prize at Hunger Mountain Honorable Mention winter in 2018 and a finalist in 2014, and she's been a Writer’s Digest Honorable Mention winner three times for her picture book manuscripts. Patti is a freelance writer and editor and offers professional manuscript critique services. As a freelance writer, she provides web content for various clients and has contributed to local newspapers, regional and national parenting and women's magazines. Patti is married to Gene and they live in Farmington Hills, Michigan.