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A Letter to a Friend: The Story of Abuse in America wins the 2019 Living Now Book Awards Bronze Medal for Relationships/Marriage

On September 13, 2019
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"The Living Now Book Awards are designed to honor... life-changing books, and to bring increased…

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Author Patty Wain Smith with Freedom Readers Operations Director Anjay Hunt

On June 20, 2019
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I had a great time today at the Freedom Readers training session, and I’m excited…

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J.C. Sasser at the Georgetown Library

On April 1, 2019
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What a treat to converse with J.C. Sasser, winner of the 2018 Southern Book Prize…

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Recent Moveable Feast

On March 2, 2019
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Judy Goldman (pictured), author of Together and Moveable Feast guest speaker, was eloquent and funny—an…

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Patty Wain Smith

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Winner of multiple book awards, speaker, and survivor Patty Wain Smith created a family violence prevention program at her ELCA church, and has worked as a hotline counselor for Citizens Against Spouse Abuse and Parents Anonymous. Patty is a speaker with the Family Justice Center Speakers Bureau of GHC. 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 Illumination Book Awards Enduring Light silver medal, the Writer's Digest Book Awards honorable mention, five International Book Award finalists, and the Living Now Book Awards bronze medal.
Her studies in psychology at the University of South Carolina led to her membership in the Psi Chi International Honor Society and graduate coursework at Webster University. Her other professional memberships include the South Carolina Writers Association and the Authors Guild. Patty is a domestic abuse survivor, an experienced child development specialist and educational consultant, and a lifetime advocate for children.

2022 Illumination Book Awards Enduring Light silver medalist for Christian Thought; 2020 Writer's Digest Book Awards honorable mention winner for Inspirational; 2019 International Book Awards finalist for Best New Non-Fiction, Self-Help: Relationships, and Health: Women’s Health; and 2019 Living Now Book Awards bronze medalist for Relationships/Marriage