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Patsie McCandless
A speaker, artist, author, musician, educator, mother and grandmother, Patsie McCandless grew up on a rural island in Rhode Island, where she taught sailing and took a ferry to sch...view moreA speaker, artist, author, musician, educator, mother and grandmother, Patsie McCandless grew up on a rural island in Rhode Island, where she taught sailing and took a ferry to school. She earned her MFA at Rosemont College, PA, and returned to her island, where she taught primary school for thirty years, while becoming a musician and composer. Patsie is also an award-winning artist in cut paper (PaperSolo.com), exhibiting in Miniature Societies in Florida, South Carolina, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania. Her PaperSolo artwork series is in the permanent collection of the St. Petersburg Opera Company in Florida.A special gift led her to a monastery on the Hudson River in upstate New York for a writing retreat with Madeleine L'Engle, and she has not stopped writing since. Her first novel, the family classic Becoming Jesse: Celebrating the Everyday Magic of Childhood, won the prestigious Mom's Choice Gold Medal Award, the Family Choice Award and is on the SCBWI Recommended Reading List. Patsie created the cover for Becoming Jesse in paper, which won the Book Cover Image Award from Zamiz Press.This newest novel from Patsie, The Secrets of Windy Hill (Becoming Jesse, Book II), is the thrill-digging sequel, for which she created the color cover and all of the illustrations.She and her husband live near Philadelphia, PA and enjoy the everyday magic of their children and grandchildren.To learn more about Patsie and her United Nations Presentation, TEDx talk, Light lessons Blog, as well as her writing and art, please visit PatsieMcCandless.com.view less