Patricia Raybon is an award-winning Colorado author, essayist, and novelist who writes top-rated books at the daring intersection of faith and race. Her first fiction—a historical detective series set in Colorado’s 1920s Klan era—was launched with All That Is Secret: An Annalee Spain Mystery, selected as a Parade magazine fall 2021 “Mysteries We Love” and picked by NBA all-star and MVP Stephen Curry as the March 2022 choice for his Literati Book Club. A former journalism faculty member at the University of Colorado Boulder, Patricia’s notable books include two memoirs: My First White Friend and I Told the Mountain to Move: Learning to Pray So Things Change. Patricia is a regular contributor to Our Daily Bread Ministries and teaches at writing conferences nationwide. She and her husband, Dan, a retired educator, have two grown daughters, one son-in-law, five grandchildren, and a kind grand dog Max.
