: About Me

Pat Dowdy hailed from a diverse background in business and public service before launching a recent writing career.

Dowdy's published print works include non-fiction articles for New Dimension Magazine and The Iconoclast Newsletter. A Time Later On, Dowdy's first short story, appeared in the early 1980's anthology: Authors To Watch.

Letting the writing rest for almost two decades, Dowdy pursued careers in the corporate housing market and in several non-profit economic and housing development efforts in Los Angeles.

Dowdy accomplished a bachelors degree in French at Fort Valley State College in Georgia and a Masters in Public Administration from Los Angeles' University of Southern California.

A mystery novel work in progress, Dowdy's e-blog can be purused at www.jael.gather.com.

My passion is ...

Rising in the morning with a clear head for the day that awaits me

I know too much about ...

Life to ever think too much of myself

My parents always told me ...

To do everything with dignity and with integrity

My childhood ambition ...

Was to grow up and discover the life that would be mine

My favorite memory ...

Walking with my mom across an intersection. Something sweet about how she held my hand to protect me

Why I write ...

To feel the awakening of who I am becoming

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Mario Puzo's Omerta and LadySmith Black Mambazo

My first job ...

A library assistant in undergraduate school

My best moment ...

Outliving a coma

My inspiration ...

Sunrise on a breeze-filled crisp early morning

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