Beth Pattillo

I’m a born and bred Texan, but like the George Strait song says, “Now I reside in Tennessee.” I’m a proud graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio – Go, Tigers! – where I learned to love really great Mexican food. Coincidentally, that’s also where I gained the freshman fifteen.

After college, I moved to Nashville where I earned a Master of Divinity degree from Vanderbilt University and met my wonderful husband. Our careers in ministry took us to Jackson, Tennessee, and then to Kansas City, Missouri, where my son was born. I started my first novel while in KC but didn’t sell a book until after we moved back to Nashville and had a second child, my darling daughter.

Now, lots of books and two grown children later, I wear a lot of hats — mom, wife, writer, sister, mother-in-law, friend — just like so many other women. I’m lucky that I love being all of these things. The challenge is keeping up with all the demands!

I’ve had the opportunity to write historical romance, chick lit, mystery, and women’s fiction. All my books do have two things in common — heroines you can root for and generous helpings of humor! I love a strong female character and lots of laughter. When I’m not writing, I love to watch sports of all kinds, cook dinner for people I love, and binge a Netflix show or two.

See Also

• Bethany Brooks

On the Web

• Official Website [1]

Books

• Beauty Shop Tales - 2008
• Dashwood Sisters Tell All, The - 2011
• Earth To Betsy - 2006
• Heavens To Betsy - 2005
• Jane Austen Ruined My Life - 2009
• Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart - 2010
• Princess Charming - 2003
• Sweetgum Knit Lit Society, The - 2008
• Sweetgum Ladies Knit For Love, The - 2009
• Sweetgum Second Chance - 2021
• Sweetgum Secrets - 2022
• Where There's A Will - 2009

Series/Related Titles

Jane Austen

1. Jane Ruined My Life
2. Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart
3. The Dashwood Sisters Tell All

Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice (multi-author series)

• Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart

Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility (multi-author series)

• The Dashwood Sisters Tell All

Mystery And The Minister's Wife (multi-author series)

• Where There's A Will

Reverend Betsy Blessing

1. Heavens To Betsy
2. Earth to Betsy

Sweetgum

• The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society
• The Sweetgum Ladies Knit For Love

Awards

• 2006 RITA Award Winner - Inspirational Romance, Heavens To Betsy

Recognitions

• 2010 INSPYs Finalist - Romance, Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart