Patricia J. Murphy

Here you will find information about me, some of my works, my author visits and writing workshops, my creative agency, Pattycake Productions, my blog named "pattycakes," and my children's charity, Joanne's Raggedy Ann Club.

If you have questions about any of these things or would like to know more, please contact me by clicking on my CONTACT page (or clicking on CONTACT ME below) and I will get back to you lickety split. Thank you for stopping by.

Patricia

THE LATEST NEWS:

On top of NEW writing projects, the past several months have been filled with author visits, book events, and preparations for NEW visits, events, programs--and more. Here is just some of the latest happening happenings:

WORLD BOOK NIGHT: I am soooo excited and honored to be one of the 10,000 plus book lovers chosen to be handing out books and spreading the joy of reading on WORLD BOOK NIGHT, April 23, 2012.

As part of this event, I will be giving away: BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE, ENDER'S GAME, and Q IS FOR QUARRY. Some of the places I will distributing and visiting include: Maryville Academy (two of its residential teen facilities) and the Lutheran Home Nursing Home both located in suburban Chicago. For more information, you can visit http:/​/​www.us.worldbooknight.org/​.

My BUGS AND US book (Penguin/​DK) will be released on May 21, 2012. It is a love letter to BUGS and a "call to action" for others to take care of the BUGS that take care of us.

Several BUGS LOVE programs and workshops are scheduled for suburban libraries and bookstores this summer and the Chicago Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and the Chicago Botanic Garden this fall. See my VISITS and WORKSHOPS pages or email me for the buzz.

My "READY, SET, GOOOOOLD" will kick off the "And the Crowd Goes Wild: A Global Gathering of Sports Poems" anthology to be released in both paperback and ebook format.

For more information, visit my POETRY page by going to my WORKS page and clicking on POETRY.

UPCOMING AUTHOR VISITS, WORKSHOPS, and MORE:
New author visits, workshops, and appearances are always in the works. Please visit my VISITS AND WORKSHOP pages for the most up-to-date programs and offerings.

TO BOOK A VISIT:
If you are interested in having me appear at your school, library, or bookstore--and/​or present a specially tailored writers' workshop for your group, please click on my VISITS and WORKSHOPS' pages. I would be thrilled to work with you.

NEW IMAGES ON MY IMAGE PAGE:
Make sure to check out some of the latest images that I've shot in late spring and early summer. A few are inspirations for some possible photography books. Very exciting. (To view them click on the IMAGES link on my WORKS page!)