Patricia Crisafulli is an award-winning New York Times best-selling author. Her debut novel, The Secrets of Ohnita Harbor, the first in the Ohnita Harbor Mystery Series, was published in September 2022 by Woodhall Press. She received a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from Northwestern University, where she received the Distinguished Thesis Award in Creative Writing. She is also the recipient of a grand prize for fiction from TallGrass Writers Guild/Outrider Press, as well as five Write Well Awards from the Silver Pen Association for her short stories. Patricia is the author of a collection of short stories and essays titled Inspired Every Day: Essays and Stories to Brighten Your Day, Give You Hope, and Strengthen Your Faith, published by Hallmark. In addition, she is the author of New York Times best-seller House of Dimon: How J.P. Morgan's Jamie Dimon Rose to the Top of the Financial World (John Wiley & Sons, 2009), and the coauthor of Rwanda, Inc: How a Devastated Nation Became an Economic Model for the Developing World (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2012), an Editor's Choice book on Amazon. Patricia is also the founder of www.FaithHopeandFiction.com, a popular e-literary magazine that features original fiction, essays, and poetry.