Patricia Walkow is an author whose work has appeared in anthologies, newspapers, and magazines, and she is either the sole author or a co-author of several books. She has had several newspaper columns. Patricia wrote the Ask Teacher column for the Bethlehem [Pennsylvania] Globe-Times.

As a columnist for the Glendale [California] News-Press, she wrote Dog’s Day Out, a column about where to go and what to do with your dog in the Los Angeles area. She was also editor-in-chief of Corrales [New Mexico] MainStreet News for three years. 








 

Co-editor and contributor to Kale is a Four-Letter Word, published by Artemesia Publishing. It is an anthology of stories where the vegetable kale plays a major role. It pokes fun at the super-food obsession trend. The anthology has won several awards.

Curator, editor, and contributor to New Mexico Remembers 9/11, an anthology of New Mexico Writers’ remembrances of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, published by Artemesia Publishing. It won several first-place awards.

Patricia currently lives with her husband and pets in Corrales, New Mexico.
 

Work in Progress:
In preparation for publication is an anthology of memoirs and short stories titled Life Lessons from the Color Yellow. The expected publication is in early 2023.

Alchemy’s Reach, co-authored with Chris Allen, is a murder/mystery/romance novel. Expected publication date with Austin Macauley Publishers in 2023.

In progress is a new novel set in early twentieth-century Siam and Boston, with a working title of The Far Moist End of the Earth.
 

After teaching for eight years, Patricia Walkow joined the corporate world and pursued a career in information technology in Pennsylvania and California. When she moved to New Mexico, she became a founding member of the Corrales Writing Group, a member of New Mexico Press Women, Military Writers Society of America, National Federation of Press Women, and Pikes Peak Writers. She has served on the board of SouthWest Writers. She remains active in these groups.

Awards:
A partial list of Awards for Patricia Walkow’s writing:

• 1st and 2nd place awards from New Mexico Press Women
• 1st and 2nd place awards from the National Federation of Press Women
• Gold, silver, and bronze medals from the Military Writers Society of America
• 1st place award from National Indie Excellence Awards
• 3rd place award in the William Faulkner Literary Competition
• Top 100 Notable books of 2018 from Shelf Unbound
• Shortlist for Chanticleer Book Awards
• 1st place New Mexico /Arizona Book Awards

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