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Sylvia Patience
Sylvia Bortin Patience is a long time Santa Cruz resident, mother, grandmother, nurse, and midwife. She began writing poetry as a child, inspired by her mother’s poems. She’s written professional j...view moreSylvia Bortin Patience is a long time Santa Cruz resident, mother, grandmother, nurse, and midwife. She began writing poetry as a child, inspired by her mother’s poems. She’s written professional journal articles and short fairy tales. She currently focuses on writing middle grade novels, for eight to twelve-year-olds. She loves playing with words, imagining stories, and expressing herself through writing. Her middle grade retelling of the Wizard of Oz from Toto’s point of view, Toto’s Tale and True Chronicle of Oz, was published in 2015. She has four other books in the works, including the border crossing story, The Weaver’s Daughter, to be published by Desert Palm Press in September, 2020.view less