
Patricia Averbach's newest novel, "Dreams of Drowning," was a finalist for the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Award and Chanticleer's Somerset Award for Literary Fiction. Previous works include "Resurrecting Rain," nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and her debut novel, "Painting Bridges." Her poetry chapbook, "Missing Persons," won the London based Lumen/Camden Prize. She lives in a suburb of Cleveland and enjoys attending writing workshops as her alter ego, Keykey Underwood, in a virtual, computer generated world called Second Life.


