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Writer’s Digest Honorable Mention Winner

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A Letter to a Friend: The Story of Abuse in America wins the 2020 Writer's…

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Illumination Book Award Winner

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Colleen Oakley Talks About Her Book

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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