Patricia A. Bridewell’s mother handed her a book in early childhood, and immersion into the lives of fictional characters led to a passion for reading. After journaling for a year, those notes transitioned to her first novel Reflections of a Quiet Storm in 2005, and it was published in 2009. Several years later, she and co-author Faatima Johnson wrote A Generation of Curses. The book has received positive reviews and won the 2013 Readers Favorite International Book Award in Christian Fiction, the 2014 International Book Award in African-American Fiction.The book also made the Amazon.com Best Seller list. Her short stories have appeared in multiple anthologies. Patricia's next novel will be released in spring 2016 by Brown Girls Faith/Brown Girls Publishing. Patricia holds an Associate of Science in Nursing from Los Angeles Southwest College, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Holy Names University, and a Master of Science in Nursing from Mount St. Mary’s University – Los Angeles. She is a registered nurse, full-time instructor and Nurse Practitioner student at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, adjunct nursing faculty at National University, and a member of International Black Writers and Artists – Los Angeles, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing – NuXi Chapter, Council of Black of Nurses, California Association of Nurse Practitioners. Her church home is West Angeles Church of God in Christ. She is a mother and grandmother. Above all, she loves the Lord.
