Patricia has been a lifelong fan of reading and novels. Her interests are history, fantasy, romance, and mystery novels. She has written stories all her life and decided to see if she could write a full-length novel three years ago, and the Donovan Family Chronicles are the result of that effort. She has worked in healthcare for the past twenty years and has collected a lot of interesting stories as a result of getting to know her patients. Awakening Dreams is the debut published novel for Patricia. She lives in Virginia.