Patricia Marcantonio
Patricia Marcantonio | |
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| Born | Patricia Santos Pueblo, Colorado, U.S. |
| Education | B.S., Mass Communications, Colorado State University Pueblo |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, short story writer |
| Website | patriciamarcantonio |
Patricia Marcantonio is an American novelist and short story writer. She is the author of the Felicity Carrol mystery series and an award-winning collection of short stories, Red Ridin' in the Hood and Other Cuentos.
Background[edit]
She was born in Pueblo, Colorado,[1] the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants.[2] She earned a B.S. degree in mass communications from Colorado State University Pueblo and formerly worked as a crime and trial reporter.[3] She now lives in Idaho.[4]
Books[edit]
- Misbehaving at Cactus Lanes (One More Chapter)
- Best Amigas (Fitzroy Books)
- Under the Blood Moon (Dark Ink)
- Felicity Carrol and the Murderous Menace (Crooked Lane Books, 2020)
- Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit (Crooked Lane Books, 2019)
- Verdict in the Desert (Arte Público, 2016)
- Billie Neville Takes a Leap (River St. Press, 2014)
- Sueno Street (2017) Illustrated by Mike Youngman
- The Weeping Woman (Mesa Books, 2021)
- The Ghost Sisters and the Girl in Hallway B (Mesa Books, 2016)
- Hauntings from the Snake River Plain (Anthology; River St. Press, 2012)
- Voices from the Snake River Plain (Anthology; River St. Press, 2009)
- Red Ridin' in the Hood and Other Cuentos (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005)
- On Holy Ground: The History, Art and Faith of St. Edward the Confessor Roman Catholic Church, Twin Falls, Idaho ( 2003)
Plays[edit]
- Roja Ridin' in the Hood and Other Tales (Pioneer Drama Service)
- Starring Jane Eyre
- Tears for Llorona
Awards and honors[edit]
Her Victorian mystery novel, Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit, is the first of a series and has received favorable reviews from the Historical Novel Society,[5] Publishers Weekly,[6] Kirkus Reviews,[7] and the New York Journal of Books.[8]
Her courtroom drama, Verdict in the Desert, was included in Amazon's Latino Best Seller List[9] and the 2016 Latina Book Club Books of the Year,[10] and was favorably reviewed by Kirkus Reviews.[11] Also in 2016, she was featured as Author of the Month on Houston Public Media.[3]
Her short story collection, Red Ridin' in the Hood and Other Cuentos, received the Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award,[12] an Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Commended Title),[13] and recommendations from Publishers Weekly,[14] the National Council of Teachers of English,[15] and the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.[16] It was included in "50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know" by the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education[17] and in "Exceptional Anthologies and Short Story Collections" by the All the Wonders podcast.[18]
She has also won several screenplay and short story contests.[4][9] She also received Alexa Rose Foundation grants to direct her original play "Tears for Llorona" and to workshop her play, "Starring Jane Eyre."
References[edit]
- ^ "Patricia Santos Marcantonio". River St. Press.
- ^ "Roots". Patricia Santos Marcantonio.
- ^ a b "Arte Público Press Author Of The Month: Patricia Santos Marcantonio". Houston Public Media. April 26, 2016.
- ^ a b Marcantonio, Patricia (2019). Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit. Crooked Lane Books. ISBN 9781683318965. Book cover.
- ^ "Review: Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit". Historical Novel Society.
- ^ "Review: Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ "Review: Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit". Kirkus Reviews. February 12, 2019.
- ^ "Review: Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit". New York Journal of Books.
- ^ a b "Spotlight on Author & Screenwriter Patricia Santos Marcantonio". Hollywood Alert. October 23, 2016.
- ^ "4th Annual Books of the Year, 2016". Latina Book Club. December 20, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
- ^ "Review: Verdict in the Desert". Kirkus Reviews. January 10, 2016.
- ^ "The Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award" (PDF). Westchester Library Association.
- ^ "Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature" (PDF). Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).
- ^ "Children's Books for Spring: F-L". Publishers Weekly. February 21, 2005.
- ^ Laminack, Lester L.; Bell, Barbara H. (January 2006). "Reading Corner for Children: Feeding Hungry Minds". Language Arts. 83 (3). National Council of Teachers of English: 264. JSTOR 41962107.
- ^ "Red Ridin' in the Hood" (PDF). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- ^ "50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know". Cooperative Children's Book Center.
- ^ "Exceptional Anthologies and Short Story Collections". All the Wonders.
https://www.alexarosefoundation.org/copy-of-2021
External links[edit]
- Patricia Santos Marcantonio in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- 15 things you may not know about Patricia Marcantonio by Bonnie Dodge
| International | |
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| National | |
- People from Pueblo, Colorado
- Writers from Colorado
- Writers from Idaho
- Colorado State University Pueblo alumni
- American writers of Mexican descent
- American women novelists
- American women short story writers
- American mystery novelists
- Hispanic and Latino American novelists
- Living people
- 21st-century American women