About the Writer

Patricia Paterson is a poet, fiction writer and history writer. She has published short stories ‘Day of the Doppelganger’, War Memorial Project AWCS,(2019) ‘Calgary Skyline’, Loft on Eighth Inner Stories, (2020) ‘Things We Can’t Afford’, WORDSPIN chapbook, ‘Handfasting Mary’, Scottish Borders Society (2018), ‘Sunlight and Shadow in Tomkins Park’, ‘Calgary’s Crush on 17th Avenue’ and ‘Jimmy Condon, Philanthropist’ for Calgary Heritage Initiative (2018, 2019)

A former High School English instructor and editor/publisher of 17th Avenue Newspaper and Calgary Avenues, Patricia edited University of Calgary arts magazine, Gaillardia. She is currently writing a WW1 novel and WW2 immigration story.