Patricia Gaffney

Infobox Writer


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birthdate = December 27, 19??
birthplace = Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
nationality = American
occupation = Novelist
period = 1989 - present
genre = Romance, Women's fiction
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website = http://www.PatriciaGaffney.com

Patricia Gaffney (b. December 27 in Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.) is an American writer of romance novels and women's fiction novels.

Biography

Patricia Gaffney was born on December 27 in Tampa, Florida United States. She is the little daughter of Joem and Jim Gaffney. She and her brother, Mike, grew up in Bethesda, Maryland.

Patricia graduated from Walter Johnson High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in English and Philosophy from Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York, and also studied literature at the Royal Holloway College at the University of London, at George Washington University, and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

After college, Gaffney taught high school English for a year before pursuing a career as a freelance court reporter for the next five years. In 1984, Gafffney was diagonsed with breast cancer, which prompted her to live out her dream of writing books and living in the country.

In 1986, She and her husband moved to rural Pennsylvania, where they continue to live today.

Bibliography

Historical Novels

ingle novels

*"Fortune's lady", 1989/Sep
*"Sweet treason", 1992/Mar
*"Another eden", 1992/Oct
*"Thief of hearts", 1993/Jun
*"Crooked hearts", 1994/Aug
*"Sweet everlasting", 1994/Sep
*"Lily", 1996/Jun
*"Wild at heart", 1997/Jan
*"Outlaw in paradise", 1997/Aug

Wickerley Series

#"To love and to cherish", 1995/Fev
#"To have and to hold", 1995/Sep
#"Forever and ever", 1996/Apr

Contemporary Novels

ingle novels

*"The saving graces", 1999/Jul
*"Circle of three", 2000/Jul
*"Flight lessons", 2002/Oct
*"The goodbye summer", 2004/Apr
*"Mad Dash", 2007/Aug

Omnibus

*"The Saving Graces / Circle of Three / Flight Lessons", 2005/May

References and sources

* [http://www.PatriciaGaffney.com Patricia Gaffney's Official Homepage]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/patricia-gaffney Patricia Gaffeney in FantasticFiction]
* [http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/pcl/page39412.html Browne Popular Culture Library Manuscript Donor Page]