"I always felt I was born into the wrong century," Patricia Curtis Pfitsch says.  Since she can’t change the year of her birth, she writes historical fiction instead.  “It’s like time travel.  I visit the setting of my novels, and tour historical sites, restored houses, and museums.  I read as many books as I can find on my subject.  I try to get a feel for what it was really like to live in the past so my novels will be accurate and believable.”  See photos of her research at her website.

Patty travels throughout the U.S. speaking about her books. “I take my audience into the past. I use slides and other visuals to evoke the landscape of my novels. I describe how I find hidden tales through historical research. I talk about writing and revising the manuscript.” She also offers writers workshops of varying lengths.
For more information about specific programs, visit her website.

Selected Publications and Awards:

Riding the Flume, Simon & Schuster, 2002

• Junior Library Guild Selection
• Nominated for a 2003 Edgar award from Mystery Writers of America
• Council for Wisconsin Writer’s 2003 Juvenile Fiction Award
• Nominee for Mark Twain Award 2004-2005
• Nominee for Volunteer State book award 2004-2005
• Virginia Young Readers List 2004-2005

Keeper of the Light, Simon & Schuster. 1997

• An American Bookseller "Pick of the list"
• First place juvenile literary award from the Friends of American Writers, Chicago, IL
• Nominated for American Library Association's "Best Books for Young Adults"

The Deeper Song, Simon & Schuster. 1998

• Winner of the Arthur Tofte Juvenile Fiction Book Award, from the Council for Wisconsin Writers
• Selected for the 1999 Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library

Westward To Oregon, Illustrated by John English, Rigby 2000

For a complete list of publications visit her website.

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Contact:
Email: pfitsch@mwt.net
Website: www.pfitsch.com

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