Pat hails from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, moving to North Carolina in 1990. She has lived in Durham and Rocky Mount, and now calls Cary, NC her home. She is a wife, mother of four and, grandmother of five. A Registered Nurse, Pat graduated from St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing in Bethlehem and is currently working for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in their Campus Health Services. Besides writing, Pat's first love is her family. In whatever spare time she has left, she enjoys sewing and gardening.