Residence
Champaign, IL

Books:
Frog Brings Rain

Zinnia: How the Corn Was Saved!

Links:
www.TalesForAllAges.com

Patricia Hruby Powell came to writing via a circuitous route. Before becoming an author, she danced throughout Europe and the Americas, performed as a trapeze artist, worked in lithography, and as a librarian. Now Patricia tells stories throughout the United States, and accents her tales for all ages with dance, worldwide percussion instruments, and life-like animal sounds.

In the course of her career she has received numerous awards and fellowships for her storytelling and choreography. Her first book is Blossom Tales: Flower Stories of Many Folk. Her school program “Love Your Mother Earth,” in which she portrays Mother Earth, includes her telling of Zinnia: How the Corn Was Saved. Patricia currently resides in Champaign, Illinois.