Patrice Vecchione’s books include Territory of Wind, a poetry collection and the nonfiction book, Writing and the Spiritual Life: Finding Your Voice by Looking Within.

The editor of many acclaimed anthologies of poetry and prose for adults and young people, her collections include, the poetry anthologies for young adults: Truth & Lies and Revenge & Forgiveness, Whisper and Shout: Poems to Memorize for children, and for grown-ups: Storming Heaven's Gate: An Anthology of Spiritual Writings by Women. Her most recent anthology, Faith & Doubt, from Henry Holt, was nominated as a best book of the year by The American Library Association and appeared as a best book on the New York Public Library's list.

For many years, Patrice has taught poetry and creative writing to children and adults through her program The Heart of the Word: Poetry and the Imagination, a writing and literature program. She is also a collage artist whose work appears on book cover and has been displayed in gallery and museum shows. She offers collage workshops.

Patrice is an eloquent speaker on the writing process and on writing as spiritual practice and has presented her work throughout the United States. She's given readings and workshops for Elliot Bay Books in Seattle, The Boulder Bookstore, Colorado, Girls Incorporated, Black Oak Books, Berkeley, The Asilomar Reading Conference, The University of California at Santa Cruz, The Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, San Jose, Interfaith Pats to Peace in Louisville, Kentucky and Esalen Institute in Big Sur.

Patrice makes her home in Monterey, California with her husband, Michael, three cats and one bicycle.