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Patti Flinn
Patti Flinn is an author of romance (two novels and two novellas under the name Ava Bleu), one children’s book in both English and French, two historical novellas, and the anticipated 3‐book series THE LAST FAVORITE’S PAGE.
Patti’s first romance novel, THE DIVA OF PEDDLER’S CREEK won the 2010 Romance Writers Ink Award for Romantic comedy and her second, GLORIOUS SUNSET, was a finalist for the Phillis Wheatley Award. In 2022, after shifting to 18th‐century French historical fiction, Flinn penned VÉRONIQUE’S JOURNEY (winner of the Independent Book Publishing Assn Ebook Award for Fiction) and VÉRONIQUE’S MOON featuring a young woman of African descent sewing her way into French high society.
Based on French historical figure Louis‐Benoit Zamor, THE LAST FAVORITE’S PAGE series explores what life might have been like for this black man who was forever known as a traitor for turning over Madame Jeanne du Barry to the French Revolutionary Tribunal. The first book in the series, THE GREATEST THING, was released November 30, 2023.
Patti lives in Central Ohio and loves listening to smooth jazz, reading, and collecting and trying recipes from unique and antique cookbooks in her spare time. After returning to school for her MBA, Flinn created the “Exploring My Happy” blog to encourage women Gen X and older to keep pursuing their dreams, no matter their age. https://gildedorangebooks.com.