Patricia J. Franz
Patricia Franz is a children’s author and poet. She writes with a love for the natural world about our connections to place and to one another. Her stories and poetry always begin with a long, loving look at the real.
Her children’s poems appear in several Pomelo Books anthologies including Things We Feel (2022), Things We Wear (2022), What Is a Friend? (2022), and What Is Hope? (2023), with a forthcoming anthology in 2024. She has two poems in Picture Perfect Poetry: An Anthology of Ekphrastic Nature Poetry for Students (2024). Her first adult poem, “something small has died,” was published in The Write Launch Winter 2024: Climate Crisis.
Patricia writes with the online Poetry Friday community each week, on her blog: Reverie. She is active in two SCBWI regions (AZ and SF), in addition to Inked Voices, a richly resourced, supportive online writing community.
Before committing herself full-time to writing, Patricia earned degrees in Business (B.S. Management) and Theology (M.A. Children’s Spirituality).
Some notable moments in her life:
The owner of the San Francisco Giants turned down her request (at the age of 8) to be a ball-girl.
She lived in a tree house for two months outside Kenai, Alaska.
Post-retirement, she rode her bike 450 miles from the Sierras to the sea in seven days.
When she’s not writing, you will find her cycling, hiking and spending time with family and friends. Her greatest joys: toddlers (especially one named Grayson), octogenarians, and sourdough. Patricia, her husband, and their Bernese Mountain dog call two places home: the Sonoran Desert and the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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