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Patty Blount grew up quiet and somewhat invisible in Queens, NY, but found her superpower writing smart and strong characters willing to fight for what’s right. Today, she’s the award-winning author of edgy, realistic, gut-wrenching contemporary and young adult romance. Still a bit introverted, she gets lost often, eats way too much chocolate, and tends to develop mad, passionate crushes on fictional characters…and Gilles Marini….and Sam Heughan. Let’s be real; Patty’s not nearly as cool as her characters, but she is a solid supporter of women’s rights and loves delivering school presentations.
Patty is best known for her tough issues novels. The Internet Issues duo includes SEND and TMI. The #MeToo duo includes SOME BOYS, a 2015 CLMP Firecracker winner, and SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW, a 2018 Junior Library Guild Fall Pick, as well as a double winner of the 2019 Athena Award (Best YA Contemporary and Best of the Best). Visit her website at pattyblount.com, where you can sign up for her newsletter. She blogs at YA Outside the Lines and is also active on Twitter and Facebook. When she’s not writing, Patty loves to watch bad sci-fi movies, live tweeting the hilarity, and scour Pinterest for ideas on awesome bookcases. Patty lives on Long Island with her family in a house that, sadly, lacks bookcases. She loves hearing from readers, especially when they tell her she’s cool (even though she knows it’s not true), and is easily bribed with chocolate. Read…roar!…revel.
Patty Blount grew up quiet and invisible in Queens, NY, but found her superpower writing smart and strong characters willing to fight for what’s right. Today, she’s the award-winning author of edgy, emotional contemporary romance. Powered by way too much chocolate, Patty gives a voice to characters society would prefer to ignore…characters facing situations like rape (SOME BOYS, 2014, SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW, 2018), bullying (SEND, 2012), and grief (NOTHING LEFT TO BURN, 2015). She enjoys hearing from her readers so visit her website or follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Read…roar!…revel.
2011 – a short story based on SEND finishes in the top ten of the 79th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition
2012 – SEND is a Junior Library Guild Fall Pick
2013 — TMI is a Book Junkies Choice Award Finalist
2014 – TMI is selected as one of Wattpad’s Watty Award-winning stories, “Collector’s Dream”
2015 – SOME BOYS wins the CLMP Firecracker Award for best YA novel
2015 – SOME BOYS is a finalist in RWA’s prestigious RITA awards competition for best YA novel
2015 – SOME BOYS is a finalist in the Greater Detroit Bookseller’s Best Award competition for best YA novel
2015 – SOME BOYS makes the list of YALSA’s Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
2016 – SOME BOYS is selected as a Gateway Readers Award Finalist by the Missouri Association of School Librarians
2016 – SOME BOYS is a nominee in the South Carolina Book Awards
2016 – SOME BOYS makes the list of 49 MOST UNDERRATED BOOKS YOU REALLY NEED TO READ by Buzzfeed
2016 – SOME BOYS enters a 9th print run
2017 – SOME BOYS earns Second Place in Missouri Association of School Librarians Gateway Readers Award competition. At South Carolina’s Association of School Librarians conference, a student-made book trailer entry based on SOME BOYS took first place for that competition and can be viewed on the Books menu
2017 – NOTHING LEFT TO BURN makes the list of YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults.
2017 – THE WAY IT HURTS earns a 2017 Best Book Award
2018 – SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW is a Junior Library Guild Fall Selection
2018 – THE WAY IT HURTS is a finalist in the RWA YARWA Chapter’s ATHENA Award
2019 – SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW is an Amelia Bloomer Project recommended title for novels with strong feminist content.
2019 – SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW was named a 2019 Best Children’s Book of the Year by Bank Street.
2019 – SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW is a DOUBLE winner in the Athena Award, organized by the YARWA chapter of RWA. Best YA Contemporary and Best of the Best
2019 – SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW is a nominee for the 2020-2021 Missouri Association of School Libraries Gateway Readers Award, 9-12.
2022 – SEND is selected as the Common Read title by Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Patty addressed students and faculty in November, 2022 with a speech entitled WORDS HAVE POWER.
Patty is interviewed on Writers Comma Ice Cream Episode #08 , 2016
Patty delivers keynote speech to Smithtown High School East’s English Honor Society Induction ceremony, 2016
Patty Skypes with Cathy – Jo Nelson’s students at Dorman High School in South Carolina.
Patty is an enthusiastic participant in Authors Unlimited 2017, at Saint Joseph’s College, Patchogue
Patty proudly delivers the keynote speech to Smithtown high School West’s English Honor Society Inductees, 2017
Patty is happy to talk about ‘writing as art’ with the students of Grayslake High School North in Illinois, during “Spark Week 2018”
Patty is interviewed on NFreads, 2019
Patty enthusiastically returns to her high school, Saint Francis Prep, to deliver the keynote address at the National Honor Society Induction ceremony, 2020
Patty is delighted to be interviewed by Jonathan Yeakey for his YouTube series, The Most Important Writing Tips Ever.
Patty is interviewed by BOLT Safety for its Backyards with Bolt video segment, on Victim-Blaming and the Role Media Plays in Reporting Sex Crimes.
Patty is delighted to address students and faculty at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota with a lecture called WORDS HAVE POWER in November, 2022.
2024 – Patty is asked to comment on Idaho’s 710 bill, a controversial book ban.
Patty addresses Greyslake High School during Spark Week, 2018
Feb. 2020: Saint Francis Prep High School. Patty returned to her high school as keynote speaker at their National Honor Society induction ceremony.
November, 2022: Patty on stage at Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD, delivering the common read lecture.
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