Patricia Hermes / Author and Mom Coming to Town
September 18th, 2008 Categories: Community, Entertainment
I am looking forward to having my mom and oldest brother visit Gwinnett County and Hamilton Mill this weekend. My mother, Patricia Hermes, has written over 50 childrens books over the past 25+ years and has been invited to have a book signing at the Mall of Georgia Borders bookstore this Saturday at 2pm. Come out and say Hi. She has also being interviewed on Fox 5 Atlanta on Monday morning.
If you have kids in the 8-13 year range, chances are you have a book or two of hers on your bookshelves.
Here is a little more about mom: Patricia Hermes is the author of almost fifty books for readers from early middle grades through young adult, as well as two nonfiction books for adults. Her books have won many awards and recognitions: American Library Association Best Book, Smithsonian Notable Book, C.S. Lewis Honor Book, Ira Children’s Choice, as well as many state awards, four of them for the novel, “You Shouldn’t Have to Say Goodbye”.
As a lecturer and speaker at schools and libraries, she engages her audience with her lively presentations, underscoring key qualities of good writing, and, of course, good rewriting. (She has been known to revise her books ten times!) She has researched and written six historical novels in the Scholastic Dear America series.
Here is a brief list of some of her books:
The Starving Time
Westward To Home
A Perfect Place
The Wild Year
Our Strange New Land
Kevin Corbett Eats Flies (one of my favorites)
And many more. Check out a number of them at:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bookSearch/results.asp?ATH=Patricia+Hermes
Hey Matt,
I think this is very cool. I’m sure you proud and happy for the visit.
Dave