Patricia Clark Blake

Patricia Clark Blake is a life-long educator. Now retired from the Arkansas public school system, she spends her time writing and reading in her favorite genre, historical fiction. She holds degrees from Arkansas State University in English, Reading Education and Counseling Psychology. During her career, she taught students from seventh grade to master-level college students.

Known as Pat to her friends, Blake has published in juried psychological journals, but the Shiloh Saga novels are her first attempts at writing fiction. Her proposal for ‘Til Shiloh Come won an award from the Blue Ridge Christian Novel Competition in 2016. This proposal eventually became her first novel, In Search of Shiloh. Since that time, she has published three more volumes of The Shiloh Saga: The Dream of Shiloh, Beyond Shiloh, and Shadows Over Shiloh. These books are the story of a frontier family carving out a life in the new state of Arkansas. Publication of the final volume, ‘Til Shiloh Come is planned for Christmas 2020.

She is passionate about genealogy and Arkansas history. Both have been wonderful resources for her writing. She resides near the Greensboro community, a town frequently mentioned in the Shiloh Saga. Greensboro, no longer a town, is part of Jonesboro, Arkansas.