Patry Francis
- Astrological Sign: Leo
- Occupation: Writer
About Me
My first novel, THE LIAR'S DIARY, was published by Dutton and Brilliance Audio in February, 2007, and in trade paperback from Plume in 2008. It has also been published in Germany, The Netherlands, The UK, Spain, Poland, The Czech Republic and Turkey. Further editions are forthcoming in France and Hungary.
Interests
- Reading
- writing
- nutrition
- dancing (especially Latin)
- the color red
- mysticism
- poetry
- the struggle between good and evil
- Italian food
- wine
- Eire
- the meaning of Charlie Chaplin
Favorite Movies
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- Almost Famous
- Charade
- Life is Beautiful
- Good Will Hunting
- Ben-Hur
- The Little Tramp
- Breaking Away
- Laura
- Niagara
Favorite Music
- Steve Earle
- Duke Ellington
- Mozart
- Youssou N'dour
- Counting Crows
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Lucy Kaplansky
- Tom Waits
- Helen Humes
- Louis Armstrong
- Leonard Cohen
- Tori Amos
- Laura Nyro
Favorite Books
- Great stories
- well told
- with characters who breathe: Possession
- Crime and Punishment
- David Copperfield
- Felicia's Journey
- The House of Sand and Fog
- Housekeeping
- The Deep End of the Ocean
- Mme Bovary
- Song of the Humpback Whale
- Les Miserables
- The Color Purple
- Lie Down in Darkness
- Because it's Bitter Because it is my Heart
- Marya
- Mystic River
- The Good Mother
- Middlemarch
- The Catcher in the Rye
- The Deep End of the Ocean
- Siddhartha
- White Teeth
- We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Little Women
- Rebecca
- Hunger
- Half of a Yellow Sun
- Small Island
