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Patricia Wood

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Patricia Wood was born and raised in Seattle, Washington She has served in the U.S. Army, has worked as a Medical Technologist, horseback-riding instructor, and most recently as a marine science teacher working with high risk students in Honolulu. Patricia is an avid SCUBA diver, has assisted with shark research, won the Hawaii State Jumper Championship with her horse Airborne, crewed in a 39-foot sailboat across the Pacific Ocean from Honolulu to San Francisco, and is now an author. Her debut novel LOTTERY was published by Putnam August 2007, and was named a Book Sense notable for October of that year. LOTTERY has been included in the Washington Post's Best Fiction 2007 list and is short listed for the 2008 Orange Broadband Prize for Ficti ...more

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Patricia Wood I believe part of being a good story teller and to create a believable story is to have the capacity to imagine your characters and to "be" them. The …moreI believe part of being a good story teller and to create a believable story is to have the capacity to imagine your characters and to "be" them. The authenticity is added to by personal experience - for example my brother-in-law was affected with Down Syndrome and my PhD work involved disability studies- the combination of all of those factors aided in the creation of Perry. Thanks for a great question!(less)
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“She did her best but like Uncle E says, sometimes your best just ain't good enough.”
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“When the people you worked for your whole life are still here, you have everything.”
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“It is very important to think of your future Perry because at some point it becomes your past.”
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Patricia Blakelyn wrote: "Thanks for adding me - I LOVED your book!!!! Any chance we'll hear more of Perry's story in the future?"

Thanks so much! And yes...I'm working on a sequel...:-)


Blakelyn Thanks for adding me - I LOVED your book!!!! Any chance we'll hear more of Perry's story in the future?


Penelope Marzec Thanks for adding me as a friend!


message 12: by Roxanne

Roxanne Hi Patricia! Thanks for being my friend.


message 11: by Roger

Roger Cottrell Hi Patricia,
Thanks for the friendship at Goodreads,
ROGER


message 10: by Nina

Nina I just returned from Baltimore, and your book was on a featured table at Barnes and Noble in the Inner Harbor


for-much-deliberation  ... Hi Patricia
Thanks for the invite!


Jeannie Faulkner Barber Hi Patricia and thanks so much for adding me! If you have time, I'd love for you to visit my web site, jeanniebarber.com. I'm a novice writer so feel free to make any kind of suggestions, ideas or thoughts to correct it. I’m co-authoring a novel with Patty Wiseman, another friend on Goodreads. We’ve known each other for over 30 years. While you're there, please sign the guestbook, too!
Blessings,
Jeannie


Chester Hi, Patricia. Congratulations on your success with Lottery. Sounds like you've been a busy bee. I have a grandson living in Hawaii now, where his wife is an Army LT at Schofield Barracks. Good luck with your writing.

Chester
Author of the Greg McKenzie Mysteries


message 6: by Liz

Liz Thanks for your invitation to add as a friend, Patricia. I'm a fellow Washingtonian, but I live north of Seattle in the Skagit Valley (where all the tulips are). Love the picture of you with all the rigging in the background. My romance/intrigue Mist of Quarry Harbor was set in a place very like Roche Harbor.

Congrats on the success of your first book! It sounds like you've had enough experiences to write a library full.

Best of Luck,
Liz Adair
Author of
The Spider Latham Mystery Series
Mist of Quarry Harbor
Lucy Shook's Letters from Afghanistan (editor)
Counting the Cost (Out in November 08)



Barbara Thank you Patricia for the friend request! Hope you have a great weekend! :)


Bradley Greetings Patricia, we have been expecting you. Muahhaha! =)


Daniel
Patricia, I've added your book Lottery to my to-read list.


Patricia Aloha Maggie and thanks!
Patricia Wood


Maggie Patricia
Thank you for the friend request! And congratulations on your book!
xo
Maggie Marr

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