Patricia Dunn

Patricia Dunn is the author of the young adult novel Rebels by Accident (Sourcebooks Fire). Her writing has appeared on Salon, in The Village Voice, The Nation, LA Weekly, The Christian Science Monitor; in the anthology Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women (Soft Skull); and elsewhere.

Patricia has been Senior Director of the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, and is co-founder of The Joe Papaleo Writers Workshop in Cetera, Italy. This Italian-American, Bronx-raised, rebel and parent has traveled the world. These days, she can be found on her living room couch working on her next novel, or zooming with aspiring and established writers, of course, always in a suit and tie. Last Stop on the 6, her first novel for adults, is forthcoming with Bordighera Press, Fall 2021. Patricia holds an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College.

Patricia read at Pen Parentis on January 8th, 2013. Follow this link to see all the books featured in Season 9. Learn more about the author at her website.