As soon as Patty Lesser could print, she started a journal and created poems about dragons. In high school, she studied creative writing and wrote short stories.

In 1980, Patty had the extraordinary opportunity to meet with Irving Layton, Canadian author and poet, and the writer-in-residence at the University of Toronto. He instructed that, while she was a good writer, she needed to experience life. She explained her dream to live and work a year in every country, and he said, “Go. Then come back and write.”

She took his advice and, for twenty-five years, Patty backpacked around the world, learning about other cultures, languages, and ways of life. Her love of travel gives her novels a worldly view and a rich texture, influenced by the places she has visited, including Israel, Egypt, England, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, USA, Australia, and her native Canada.

She did come home and write. Patty is a prolific author with eleven novels and two non-fiction books to date. Covering themes of love, loss, mystery, murder, the paranormal, and coming-of-age, Patty’s novels continue to thrill readers thanks to her ability to craft unusual characters and place them in unique circumstances.