I’ve been writing almost since I could read. Half a minute past first grade, I started writing stories–but also looking for life answers. That led me, past college, to newspaper reporting at my hometown paper, The Denver Post. My feature articles won a slew of nice awards, plus one entry in the Pulitzer Prizes.

Next stop was college teaching where I taught print journalism to scores of bright graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder. While teaching, I started writing personal essays on faith and family—getting pieces published in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, USA Weekend, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Country Living Magazine, Christianity Today, In Touch Magazine, Today’s Christian Woman and aired on National Public Radio.

Essays led me to published books. My first two are memoirs, “My First White Friend” (Viking/Penquin), a racial forgiveness journey (and winner of the Christopher Award), and “I Told the Mountain to Move” (Tyndale House), a prayer story and Book of the Year Finalist in Christianity Today Magazine’s 2006 book awards competition.

My 5th and latest book, co-written with my impassioned daughter Alana Raybon, is entitled “Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace” (HarperCollins Christian Publishers/Thomas Nelson).

Why tell such personal stories? The reward and journey of discovery changes lives, starting with my own. My goal? To inspire readers to bridge their divides, love God and one another, and choose peace. Amen.

http://www.patriciaraybon.com/

 

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