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Illumination Book Award Winner

Illumination Book Award Winner

On June 12, 2020
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A Letter to a Friend: The Story of Abuse in America wins the 2020 Illumination Book Awards 
Enduring Light Silver Medal for Christian Thought.

Patty Wain Smith

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Patty Wain Smith registered her first copyright in her teens and was later awarded an Honorable Mention in the Music City Song Festival national songwriting competition. (One of her songs is linked in A Letter to a Friend.)

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.

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, and has worked as a hotline counselor for Citizens Against Spouse Abuse and Parents Anonymous. She created a family violence prevention program at her ELCA church and managed it for eight years.

Her studies in psychology at the University of South Carolina-Coastal earned her membership in the Psi Chi International Honor Society as well as graduate coursework at Webster University. Her other professional memberships include The Authors Guild 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.

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