Patricia Hickman

• Gender: Female
• Industry: Publishing
• Occupation: novelist
• Location: Carolina Woman : NC : United States

About Me

Author Patricia Hickman writes Stories of Hearth, Home, and Havoc. She is currently writing her seventeenth novel. She is hailed by Publishers Weekly as a sparkling talent in fiction. Her stories are set in small towns, involve a journey, and spin out of quirky home life--"Stories of Hearth, Home, and Havoc." Patricia earned an M.F.A. in creative writing from Queens University of Charlotte. She teaches in universities and conferences around the country.

When you open your eyes underwater, do you ever worry that you'll drown?

Mermaids don't drown, silly.

Interests

• my family
• travel
• small towns and out-of-the-way places
• gardening
• reading
• cooking
• unique dining experiences--the divier the better
• hiking. I love teaching and speaking too!

Favorite Movies

• Slumdog Millionaire
• Gran Torino
• It's a Wonderful Life
• The Family Man
• Pride and Prejudice
• Sense and Sensibilities
• Water
• Les Miserables
• The Mission
• Luther
• Rabbit-Proof Fence
• The Boys of Baraka
• Tortilla Soup
• Elizabethtown
• Whale Rider

Favorite Music

• Sarah Groves
• Jenni Owens
• Nicole Nordeman
• Palestrina
• Lux Aeterna
• early church music of the mass choir persuasion

Favorite Books

• The Bible My Titles Are: Painted Dresses
• Earthly Vows
• Whisper Town
• Nazareth's Song
• Fallen Angels
• Sandpebbles
• Katrina's Wings
• The Touch
• Secrets From the Treadmill

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