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

The editor of many respected anthologies of poetry and prose for adults and young people, her collections include, the poetry anthologies Truth & Lies and Revenge & Forgiveness, and Storming Heaven's Gate: An Anthology of Spiritual Writings by Women. Forthcoming from Henry Holt in spring 2007 is Faith & Doubt.

For over twenty-five 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.

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.

She lives in Monterey, California.