
Gentle,
honest,
and empowering.
Winner of the Hope PYX Global International Book Awards for Faith & Spirituality, the Illumination Book Awards Enduring Light Silver Medal, and the Writer’s Digest Book Awards Honorable Mention.

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Multi-Award-Winning Author
Patty Wain Smith
Winner of multiple book awards, speaker, and survivor Patty Wain Smith created the family violence prevention program at her ELCA church, and has worked as a hotline counselor for Parents Anonymous and Citizens Against Spouse Abuse. Patty's been a speaker with the Family Justice Center of GHC Speakers Bureau. She's appeared on Carolina and Company Live television and on radio.
Her first book, A Letter to a Friend: The Story of Abuse in America, won the Hope PYX Global International Book Award, the Illumination Book Awards Enduring Light Silver Medal, the Writer's Digest Book Awards Honorable Mention, five International Book Awards Finalists, and the Living Now Book Awards Bronze Medal.
Her studies in psychology at the University of South Carolina earned her membership in the Psi Chi International Honor Society as well as graduate coursework in counseling at Webster University. Her other professional memberships include The Authors Guild, the Nonfiction Authors Association, and the South Carolina Writers Association. Patty is a domestic abuse survivor, a former child development c&t specialist and educational consultant, and a lifetime advocate for children.
2022 Hope PYX Global International Book Awards Winner
Faith & Spirituality
2022 Illumination Book Awards Enduring Light Silver Medalist Christian Thought
2020 Writer's Digest Book Awards Honorable Mention
Inspirational
2020 Illumination Book Awards Enduring Light Silver Medalist Christian Thought
2019 International Book Awards Finalist
Health: Women's Health Best New Non-Fiction
Self-Help: Relationships
2019 Living Now Book Awards Bronze Medalist Relationships/Marriage
2018 International Book Awards Finalist Best New Non-Fiction
Self-Help: Relationships
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