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I am blessed. I grew up with a family who loved me. I have a husband, two sons and three grandsons. I’m close to my brothers and their families.
After graduating from St. Mary’s High School in Colorado Springs, CO; I earned my BA from Colorado College and my MA from University of Missouri at Kansas City.
My careers have included teaching, counseling, small business, writing and publishing. My favorite time is the present. My writing partner, Joyce Faulkner, and I have just completed a book about a group of men we’ve grown to love and respect, the Sunchon Tunnel Massacre Survivors.
We co-publish two newsletters. Salute is a newsletter for and about veterans. Yarnspinners and Wordweavers is for writers and readers.
I am a director for Authors Coalition and I serve on the Women Veterans Committee of the Branson Veterans Task Force. I write for several Branson publications.
Joyce and I are already working on an update of The Sunchon Tunnel Massacre Survivors. We’ve discovered new information since the book went to press. We’re also working on a book about The Sharon Rogers Band.
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Three-and-a-half pounds of love, loyalty and companionship – that’s Peanut. A 5-year-old, chocolate teacup poodle, Peanut is my writing companion. She sits on my lap or by my chair when I’m at my computer. Of course she needs lots of attention – and lets me know it too.
Peanut loves people food, treats, having all her people (mainly my husband Everett and me) within view at all times. She eats string cheese at bedtime and then cuddles up smack in the middle of our bed. Then she’s a happy camper.
She hates vacuum cleaners and being left alone. She can’t stand it when I fill my lap with books, computers or anything that takes away her napping space.
She welcomes all our friends and fellow writers – she makes them part of the family too.
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Announcing
My coauthor, Joyce Faulkner, and I have received the 2007 "Noble (Not Nobel!) Prize for Sunchon Tunnel Massacre Survivors for giving voice to "those who survived this Korean War atrocity -- and those who didn't." We are delighted and thrilled. Thank you, Carolyn Howard-Johnson and www.MyShelf.com.
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My Scrapbook
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Credentials Author, Poet, Editor and Publisher Who's Who in America 2002-2005 Partner in RRP Consulting -- a company specializing in helping people tell their stories.
Volunteer Interview for National History Project Available for seminar presentations Books They Came Home: Korean War POWs Tell Their Stories
Letters
from The Agèd Tree Stands Proud: I See New Beauty Found
the complete writer: a guide to tapping your full potential ex-Prisoners of war: stories of faith, integrity & courage the complete writer's journal
Publications
MEMBERSHIPS
Missouri Writer's Guild Ozarks Writer's League Military Writers Society of America National Women's History Project
Education
MA,
Counseling Psychology,
BA,
Business Administration and English,
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PRAISE FOR PAT MCGRATH AVERY'S WORK: Sunchon Tunnel Massacre Survivors: “An incredibly powerful and important piece of history, masterfully written and researched.” ~ Dave Grossman, Lt. Col. USA (ret), Author, On Killing and On Combat, www.killology.com “This excellent book chronicles the inhuman treatment suffered by young brave soldiers at the hands of a merciless foe. America is still technically at war with North Korea so ignore the lessons of history at your peril. One day American troops might meet these people on the battlefield again..." ~Phil Chinnery, author of 'Korean Atrocity' and Historian for the British National Ex-POW Association. “This book is superbly written. It brilliantly documents stories long buried in the unremembered pages of Korean War History. It has been very well researched and compliments our POWs.”~ Samuel L. Clark, a member of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (RCT), Rakkasans, who participated in the drop to block the North Korean Retreat and rescue the POWs in October, 1950 "This story of the Sunchon Tunnel Massacre, is an awesome combination of military history and human memory, which provides a rare and powerful account of the true vestiges of war. ~ Paul M. Edwards, Ph. D, Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Korean War, Graceland University They Came Home: "This readable book recounts the experiences of three POWs, Billy Joe Harris, Ed Slater and Carey Weinel. The book is easy to read, but the men's experiences are not easy to read about. Avery tells their stories in graphic detail, just as they told them to her. Avery uses an interesting technique to complement the stories: a series of sidebars early in the book that provide some informational insights into the Korean War. More importantly, the book raises some interesting questions about allied prisoners of war in Korea. Avery's stories about the prisoners are riveting. For example, the author points out the dichotomy in the way villager's treat POWs. In one narrative, Ed Slater mentioned on a couple of occasions as the prisoners were escorted through villages, some would ridicule them while others would try to give them food at personal risk...For some, the nightmares never ended. That was the case of Harris, Slater and Weinel. It is entirely possible that readers of They Came Home may develop nightmares themselves after finishing the book. That, however, is a small price to pay to learn what some people went through to keep us free." -- Art Sharp, Editor of The Graybeards Magazine
"The Aged Tree Stands Proud is a unique and memorable
collection of poetry in which Pat McGrath Avery chronicles the emotional
journey of having to deal with the loss of a loved one." --
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Pat McGrath Avery
18942 State Hwy 13, Suite F, Box #107 Publisher: Red Engine Press
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