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When Patricia Cumbie was in high school, one of her first purchases was a typewriter. To practice her typing skills, she wrote numerous stories and poems. At the time, she was sure being a better typist would help her get a better job. It did, but not in the ways she expected. Since then she’s learned the power stories have to bear witness and change lives, especially because they have transformed hers. Patricia’s now thrilled to announce that her first young adult novel, Where People Like Us Live, has been released by HarperCollins Laura Geringer Books. She also writes fiction, essays and creative nonfiction for adults, and her writing has been published in many literary journals. As a work in progress, Where People Like Us Live won a SASE/Jerome Foundation Fellowship and a Loft Fiction Mentor Fellowship, and a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Fellowship. The work was also nominated for inclusion in Best New American Voices and was a finalist for a Rona Jaffe award in 2002. She’s also worked as an editor and professional writer in the natural food industry. When she’s not writing, travel and dance studies have led her to learn about the world’s cultures through its food and music. Most days around dinner time you can find her in her kitchen mincing fresh herbs, sautéing garlic in olive oil, and prepping meats and vegetables. Carrying dishes between the kitchen and dining room, she likes to move to the music playing on the stereo and think about her next writing project. |
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Where People Like Us Live It's a routine Libby's used to by now: pack up, move, start over, repeat. This time it's to Rubberville—population: faces, names, a few factories, and Angie, a girl who nearly-but-not-quite gets Libby killed the first day they meet. Angie is everything Libby wishes she were: outspoken, fearless, and happy to risk it all to have a little fun. But one day Libby learns that behind Angie's attitude is a frightening secret. Libby faces an impossible choice: Does she protect her friendship or her friend? |
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