Patricia Reis

Author Patricia Reis is a Midwesterner at heart. In the mid-1800s, her German immigrant ancestors pioneered a farm in southwestern Iowa and their portrait inspired her writing. She has lived on both coasts and currently resides in Portland, Maine, where she is active in Maine Writers and Publishers. She spends six months of each year in Nova Scotia. Reis holds a BA in English literature from the University of Wisconsin, an MFA from UCLA, and a degree in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. She also maintains a private practice of psychotherapy for women. Reis's memoir, Motherlines: Love, Longing, and Liberation (SheWrites Press, October 2016) won a gold medal for memoir from Independent Press Publishers. Along with numerous essays and reviews, she has published several nonfiction books.