Early books influenced me as did good teachers. My love of mystery writing began with Nancy Drew, graduated to Agatha Christie and inludes a boatful of contemporary authors. And I'd be missing a debt I need to repay to Ross Macdonald, one of of America's deans of mystery writing (though he was Canadian in heritage).

Awards for community and humanitarian service include Archbishop Huntahausen Humanitarian Award finalist, and Episcopal Diocese of Olympia Bishop's Cross

My mystery series features amateur detective Bridget O'Hern, 48, and she debuted in DEATH STALKS THE KHMER, from AmErica House. The second in the series will be DEATH COMES TOO SOON. Other short mystery fiction has appeared in MYSTERY IN MIND, an anthology about the paranormal from the Rhine Institute, and MURDER BY SIX (Cyber-Pulp) and BULLET POINTS (Wildside Press), both to be released soon. I also write children's fiction including a mystery series with a trio of fifth-grade sleuths, the STANLEY STREET IRREGULARS. My beginning readers e-book series features a delightful duo, FAT CAT AND GRAY MOUSE. Publisher. I also conduct workshops on grantwriting and on that I particularly enjoy is called "Parallel Universes: Writing the Grant and Crafting the Mystery." I do the workshop at community colleges, libraries and for nonprofit organizations doing fundraisers.

Author, Death Stalks the Khmer, a Mystery Novel
Pat's author's website tells the inside story of how her book evolved and the background on her sleuth. In Pat's debut novel, a Cambodian refugee couple are shot and killed in their Seabell apartment. Sleuth Bridget O'Hern is asked to be a liaison between the police and the Khmer community. The community believes the couple died because they had bad karma. Bridg believes their deaths are rooted in the Khmer Rouge times.

Author, Adult and Kid Mysteries
Pat writes grants, adult and kids mystery stories where character and setting join up with intriguing plots.

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