Patricia McCormick

Short Biography

"I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit."Patricia Mccormick QuotesMy son jokes with me that he thinks I Google the word 'sad' to come up with book ideas.The power of storytelling is to free us from isolation, shame, and whatever the situation.I think young adults get a bad rap for being self-absorbed and self-centered. My experience going around the United States and speaking in schools is that teenagers here are very interested in the fate of their peers around the world.This affliction-hope-is so cruel and stubborn, I believe it will kill meSimply to endure is to triumph.If you look hard enough, chaos turns into order the way letters turn into words.To See More Quotes go to