Darcy Pattison

Storyteller, writing teacher, Queen of Revisions, and founder of Mims House publisher, Darcy Pattison has been published in ten languages. Always active, before her tenth birthday, she (almost) climbed the Continental Divide, turning back at the last 20 yards because it was too steep and great climbing shoes hadn’t been invented yet. Recently, she has biked in Bali, Indonesia and hiked the Rockies. On her bucket list is kayaking the Nepali Coast and eating curry in Bombay.

Her books, published with Harcourt, Philomel/Penguin, Harpercollins, Arbordale, Dayspring, and Mims House have received recognition for excellence with starred reviews in Kirkus, BCCB and PW. Five of her books have been honored as National Science Teaching Association Outstanding Science Trade books. The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman (Harcourt) received an Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature Honor Book award and has been published in a Houghton Mifflin textbook. The Nantucket Sea Monster was named a 2018 NCTE Notable Children’s Book in Language Arts.

Her books have been on state award reading lists in South Dakota, South Carolina, Georgia, and Arkansas. Darcy is the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor’s Arts Award for Individual Artist for her work in children’s literature.

Darcy’s blog, Fiction Notes at darcypattison.com was her online home base for years with over 350,000 readers a year. She tweets @FictionNotes, and her Pinterest boards reach over 450,000 viewers a month.

Darcy Pattison established the Arkansas chapter of the Society of Children's Bookwriters and Illustrators and served as Regional Advisor for six years. From 2018-2020, she wrote the Indie Perspective column for the SCBWI Bulletin. In 2008, Darcy established Mims House to publish the workbook for her highly regarded Novel Revision Retreat; alumni of that retreat include Kirby Larson with Hattie Big Sky and Caroline Starr Rose with May B. She currently teaches an online video course about self-publishing for the Storyteller’s Academy. She blogs about self-publishing at IndieKidsBooks.com.

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