After retiring from a twenty-seven-year corporate career, Pat Nichols launched career number two as an author. She draws on her experience working with hundreds of women from all walks of life to create stories about women facing tension-laced challenges and heart-warming triumphs in the pursuit of their dreams. Her debut novel, The Secret of Willow Inn, Willow Falls series book one, released January 2019 and is a 2020 Selah Award winner. Book two, The Trouble in Willow Falls, released November 2019. Book three, Starstruck in Willow Falls releases February 2, 2021. Pat received a 2018 NGCWC Georgia Peach Awards for her short story, The Vet and Valentine’s Day, and a 2019 NGCWC Georgia Peach Award for Starstruck in Willow Falls. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Word Weavers International. Pat has been featured on WATC Television Atlanta Alive, Southern Writer’s Magazine, and in Voyager Magazine. She is the mother of two and grandmother of four. One precious granddaughter lives with the angels. Pat and her husband live in an Atlanta suburb and continue to celebrate their fifty-plus-year marriage.