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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Children's & Young Adult Literature Conference
Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis
"To Query or to Kindle: A Dilemma for the 21st Century" Panel

Bio

Patti Frazee is the author of two novels. Cirkus was published by Alyson Books in 2006 and re-released in Kindle version in December 2011. Cirkus was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award and was a Minnesota Book Award Finalist. Patti's second novel, Out of Harmony, was released in January 2012.

Patti grew up in Fremont, Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She received a BFA in theatre and went on to work at the prestigious Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts for two summers. After a brief stint in New York City and a longer stint in Nebraska, Patti eventually moved to Minneapolis.

She left the acting life and pursued her dream of becoming a writer. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University in 2002. In 2005, Patti was awarded an honorable mention in the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Lesbian Writer's Fund.

Patti has worked as a professional copy editor, copywriter, and proofreader. She also helps authors get their books into the world by working in print-on-demand and ebook publishing as a book designer. She teaches at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis.

Selected Works

Fiction
...Frazee’s probing work is an ode to the power of the imagination and the ongoing quest for identity. -- Pamela Carter Joern, author of The Floor of the Sky
A feast of words and dreams...
--Susan Power, author of Roofwalker and Grassdancer

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