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patti callahan henry

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“Stories that steal your imagination.”

New York Times
Bestselling Author, Podcast Host,
and Co-Creator
of Friends & Fiction

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“Once again, Patti Callahan Henry proves she is a magician with words."
—William Kent Krueger
(NYT bestselling author of
This Tender Land and The Cork O’Connor Series)

A New York Times Bestselling Author
Co-creator and co-host of the weekly web show and podcast

Friends & Fiction

Patti Callahan Henry is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of seventeen novels and podcast host. She is the recipient of The Christy Award 2019 Winner “Book of the Year,” The Harper Lee Distinguished Writer of the Year for 2020, and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year for 2019. She is the co-host and co-creator of the popular weekly online Friends and Fiction live web show and podcast. A full-time author, mother of three, and grandmother of two, she lives in Mountain Brook, Alabama, with her husband, Pat Henry. Her newest novel, The Secret Book of Flora Lea, is set outside Oxford in the hamlet of Binsey and is available now with Simon & Schuster Atria.

Southern Contemporary

And Historical Fiction

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ContemporarySouthern

Fiction

13 Contemporary Titles:

Historical

Fiction

With a belief that the power of story changes us and moves us, Patti’s historical fiction explores the untold stories of the past that affect us now.

6 Historical Titles:

The Story She Left Behind (03/04/25)
The Secret Book of Flora Lea (05/02/23)
Once Upon a Wardrobe (10/21)
Surviving Savannah (03/21)
Wild Swan (12/20)
Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman & C.S. Lewis (10/18)

2 Podcast Collection Series:

Patti's Books & Podcasts

The Secret Book of Flora Lea \| Patti Callahan Henry \| May 2, 2023. Available Now!	Once Upon a Wardrobe \| Patti Callahan \| Paperback \| February 7, 2023 \| A tenderly imagined and enchanting story that pulls back the curtain on the early life of C. S. Lewis.	SURVIVING SAVANNAH March 9, 2021 \| "The Titanic of the South" by Patti Callahan. Historical Fiction. Hardcover, e-book, and audio formats. Now available in paperback April 5, 2022.	The Untold Story Behind Surviving Savannah Podcast Series \| Available Now \| March 9, 2021	Once Upon a Wardrobe \| Patti Callahan \| October 19, 2021 \| A tenderly imagined and enchanting story that pulls back the curtain on the early life of C. S. Lewis.	WILD SWAN The Story of Florence Nightingale by NYT bestselling Author Patti Callahan and performed by award-winning performer, Cynthia Erivo \| Audible Original \| December 10, 2020
BEHIND THE SCENES OF BECOMING MRS. LEWIS PODCAST COLLECTION Podcast Audiobook (Jan 7, 2020) Available Now!	BECOMING MRS. LEWIS Historical Fiction (2018) Patti Callahan. US, UK, CA. A USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Globe, and Mail Bestseller. A Christy Award Winner "Book of the Year" Expanded Paperback Edition available now (3/20).	THE PERFECT LOVE SONG. A Holiday Novella. Oct 8, 2019 Available Now!	THE FAVORITE DAUGHTER (2019) Contemporary Southern Fiction. Available Now.	THE BOOKSHOP AT WATER'S EDGE (2017) Contemporary Southern Fiction.	THE IDEA OF LOVE (2015) Contemporary Southern Fiction
THE STORIES WE TELL. (2014) Contemporary Southern Fiction	AND THEN IF FOUND YOU (2013) Contemporary Southern Fiction	COMING UP FOR AIR (2011) Contemporary Southern Fiction	DRIFTWOOD SUMMER (2009) Contemporary Southern Fiction	THE ART OF KEEPING SECRETS (2008) Contemporary Southern Fiction	BETWEEN THE TIDES (2007) Contemporary Southern Fiction
WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS (2006) Contemporary Southern Fiction	WHERE THE RIVER RUNS (2005) Contemporary Southern Fiction	LOSING THE MOON (2004) Contemporary Southern Fiction