The Art Box - Episode 63 - Arts-based Research and Hollyland - Meet Patricia Leavy

Linda and Steve have been anxious to have Patricia as our guest, what an interesting, heartfelt chat opening our eyes to the life of a successful author and such a fine human. Thank you Patricia.   Patricia Leavy, Ph.D., is a sociologist and bestselling author. She has published over 40 books, earning commercial and critical success in both nonfiction and fiction, and her work has been translated into many languages. Her works have garnered a slew of book awards including USA Best Book Awards, Independent Press Awards, International Impact Book Awards, National Indie Excellence Awards, Firebird Book Awards, International Book Awards, New York City Big Book Awards, and American Fiction Awards. She has also received career awards from the New England Sociological Association, the American Creativity Association, the American Educational Research Association, the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, and the National Art Education Association. In 2018, she was honored by the National Women’s Hall of Fame and SUNY-New Paltz established the “Patricia Leavy Award for Art and Social Justice.”   Favorite Quote from Hollyland “Perhaps the yellow brick road was really just a trail of gold dust connecting one dream to another.”—Hollyland Preorder Hollyland: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hollyland-Novel-Patricia-Leavy/dp/1647422965/ref=sr_1_1?crid=166NRPCS6JL94&keywords=hollyland+leavy&qid=1673291857&s=books&sprefix=hollyland+leavy%2Cstripbooks%2C107&sr=1-1