Patricia Gaffney is an American writer of

romance novels A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Pr ...

and

women's fiction Women's fiction is an umbrella term for women centered books that focus on women's life experience that are marketed to female readers, and includes many mainstream novels or women's rights books. It is distinct from women's writing, which refers ...

novels.

Biography

Patricia Gaffney was born on December 27, 1944, in

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, United States. She is the daughter of Joem and Jim Gaffney. She and her brother, Mike, grew up in

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. Patricia graduated from

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, and also studied literature at the

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at the

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, at

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, and at the

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. 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 diagnosed 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

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, where they continue to live.

Bibliography

Historical Novels

Single novels

*''Fortune's Lady (''Sep 1989) *''Sweet Treason'' ''(''Mar 1992) *''Another Eden'' ''(''Oct 1992) *''Thief of Hearts'' ''(''Jun 1993) *''Crooked Hearts'' ''(''Aug 1994) *''Sweet Everlasting'' ''(''Sep 1994) *''Lily'' ''(''Jun 1996) *''Wild at Heart'' ''(''Jan 1997) *''Outlaw in Paradise'' ''(''Aug 1997)

Wickerley Series

#''To Love and to Cherish'' ''(''Feb 1995) #''To Have and to Hold'' ''(''Sep 1995) #''Forever and Ever'' ''(''Apr 1996)

Contemporary Novels

Single novels

*''The Saving Graces'' ''(''Jul 1999) *''Circle of Three'' ''(''Jul 2000) *''Flight Lessons'' ''(''Oct 2002) *''The Goodbye Summer'' ''(''Apr 2004) *''Mad Dash'' ''(''Aug 2007)

Omnibus

*Omnibus of 3 novels ''(''May 2005) **''The Saving Graces'' **''Circle of Three'' **''Flight Lessons'' *The Lost ''(''Nov 2009) **The Dog Days of Laurie Summer *The Other Side ''(''Nov 2010) **''The Dancing Ghost'' *The Unquiet ''(''Sep 2011) **''Dear One''

References and sources

Patricia Gaffney's Official HomepagePatricia Gaffeney in FantasticFiction
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