Author's Biography: Patricia W Grey
When Australian Patricia Grey moved to Andorra after twenty years running a pearl-farm with her husband, she experienced a sudden loss of identity. No longer able to introduce herself with a job description, she struggled with the reality of retirement. When asked how she would spend her time; writing a book came to mind. She had wanted to be a journalist and justified her eighteen jobs before settling down in pearling as “gathering background”. Moving to Andorra seemed the perfect opportunity to explore a different avenue. This lead to her first novel Death Has a Thousand Doors, a finalist in the 2010 Proverse competition, available in Paperback and eBook in Amazon worldwide. She has subsequently publlished two mysteries and two short story collections.
Patricia was educated in Perth, Western Australia and although she won an Australian government scholarship to continue her schooling, lack of family funds compelled her to move into the workforce. Her jobs ranged from fashion model to bank teller followed by managing the Broome tourist bureau in a grounded DC3 aircraft. She has always been passionate about work, but sometimes confused her role as an employee with that of a boss. It’s no coincidence that she was a partner in the job she finally stuck with − pearling. Patricia and her husband developed an underwater pearl-farm in Broome, where they were responsible for many innovations that are now standard in the industry. She was successively the inaugural secretary and then chair of the Pearl Producers Association; and being interested in politics, she once ran for the Broome Shire Council.
Patricia is a member of the Andorra Writers´ Group whose short story anthology titled “The Five Senses” is available through www.blurb.com as is Patricia´s first book of short stories, “Thirteen Families." Recently, to celebrate 30 years of writing, the Writers´ Circle of Andorra has published Chronicles of the Unforseen.
Patricia was educated in Perth, Western Australia and although she won an Australian government scholarship to continue her schooling, lack of family funds compelled her to move into the workforce. Her jobs ranged from fashion model to bank teller followed by managing the Broome tourist bureau in a grounded DC3 aircraft. She has always been passionate about work, but sometimes confused her role as an employee with that of a boss. It’s no coincidence that she was a partner in the job she finally stuck with − pearling. Patricia and her husband developed an underwater pearl-farm in Broome, where they were responsible for many innovations that are now standard in the industry. She was successively the inaugural secretary and then chair of the Pearl Producers Association; and being interested in politics, she once ran for the Broome Shire Council.
Patricia is a member of the Andorra Writers´ Group whose short story anthology titled “The Five Senses” is available through www.blurb.com as is Patricia´s first book of short stories, “Thirteen Families." Recently, to celebrate 30 years of writing, the Writers´ Circle of Andorra has published Chronicles of the Unforseen.
Book Signing
Park City, Utah
April 7th 2012
