Patricia Barry Rumble

Patricia Barry Rumble, playwright/author, was born and raised in Beaumont Texas (She's half Cajun and half Irish American which makes her a CIA). She taught science and German before discovering her talent for writing dialogue. For 25 years she has written for the theatre, winning the Texas Playwrights Festival, numerous writing awards and receiving many productions for her plays for young audiences across the USA, including "Aesop's Funny Fables" (also its bilingual Spanish/English version "Las Fabulas") "Mother Goose Comedy Review," The Tale of Peter Rabbit," "The Snow Queen," a musical version of "Pinocchio." in 2012 and most recently "The Ransom of Red Chief" in 2013. She has had an equity production of "Breaking Out of Sunset Place," an old-lady, buddy, two-act comedy which premiered at the turn of the century ... 2001.

Her first book, "The Night the Animals Talked." a contemporary Christmas story about three generations in a blended family, was crowd-funded through Kickstarter and published in 2012 The book, which features two original Christmas songs by Rock Barry & Sammie Ammons: 'The Night the Animals Talked' and 'Merry Magical Christmas to You,'

received a Silver in the Mom's Choice Awards® in Juvenile Fiction (9-12 years old), for Religion and Spirituality in 2013.