Author of EATING GRAVEL, a novel of the
contemporary West, where cowboys clash with
software developers and cappuccino bars pop up
as fast as land-use disputes.
Paroled from federal prison, 34-year old Rusty Ranahan
returns to the family ranch to discover she still has an
embittered father, a taste for whiskey and a tendency to
repeat the same mistakes. But in a dusty corral with an
abused horse, she learns how to trust again
and finds the courage to accept love,
forgiveness and who she really is.
The author lives with photographer, Eric Sines,
on a small ranch in the Blue Mountains of Eastern
Oregon. Ten miles from the nearest neighbor, they
generate their own electricity and share their remote
acreage with two cow dogs, four horses and an
abundance of wildlife. Patti has worked as an
architectural designer, private investigator, surveyor,
buckaroo and freelance writer. Her articles have
appeared in numerous business, agricultural and
equine publications. Short stories have been published
in Fishtrap Anthology and No Place For A Lady:
Western Stories By Women.
She is at work on her next novel ROUGH STUFF,
a mystery also set in Eastern Oregon.
email: patti@pattihudson.com