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Patti Flinn

Patti Flinn is an author of contemporary fiction, romance, and historical fiction from Columbus, Ohio. Flinn’s varied titles reflect her love of all fiction and include: The List (suspense), The Diva of Peddler’s Creek (romantic comedy), Glorious Sunset (edgy inspirational romance), Alaya and Her Sparkling River (children’s), the Ivyhurst series (romantic comedy), and the Véronique Clair series (historical fiction).…Read More

Patti Flinn is an author of contemporary fiction, romance, and historical fiction from Columbus, Ohio. Flinn’s varied titles reflect her love of all fiction and include: The List (suspense), The Diva of Peddler’s Creek (romantic comedy), Glorious Sunset (edgy inspirational romance), Alaya and Her Sparkling River (children’s), the Ivyhurst series (romantic comedy), and the Véronique Clair series (historical fiction). Flinn delved into biographical fiction with The Last Favorite’s Page series. This immersion into the French Revolution is a trilogy of critically acclaimed novels—The Greatest Thing (2023), The Devil’s Berries (2024), and The Truest Son of France (Spring 2025)—inspired by historical figure Louis-Benoit Zamor (1762-1820). Flinn has been nominated for the Romance Slam Jam’s Emma Debut Author Award, and was a finalist for the More than Magic Contest for Romantic Comedy, and the Harlem Book Fair’s Phillis Wheatley Award for Fiction. Flinn won the Romance Writers Ink Award for romantic comedy. Most recently, she was honored with the 2023 Independent Book Publishing Association’s IPPY Award for fiction, and as a Notable Indie for the 2023 Shelf Unbound Award. A believer in the importance of literature, communication, the arts, and community service, Patti Flinn strives to encourage everyone to fulfill their dreams and find the extraordinary individual within. https://gildedorangebooks.com