Patricia Grayhall

Patricia Grayhall is a retired physician turned acclaimed author whose memoir Making the Rounds: Defying Norms in Love and Medicine earned a starred Kirkus Review and recognition as one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best 100 Indie Books of 2022. The memoir has won multiple prestigious awards, including the 2024 National Indie Excellence Award for LGBTQIA Non-fiction and Memoir and the 2023 Best Indie Book Award for LGBTQ Memoir.

Following the success of her memoir, Patricia co-authored the romance novel Golden Years and Silver Linings with her partner, Linda M. Ford, and published it in 2023.
Her literary range expanded with A Place for Us: A Novel, published in June 2025.
Patricia’s medical/legal thriller, Framed, published by Rain City Press in January 2026, blends her medical expertise with compelling storytelling, marking her evolution from memoirist to a versatile fiction author.

Patricia splits her time between Seattle and Vancouver Island, where she lives with her wife, who also writes her stories.

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Blurb

She’s taking on Big Oil. But when her star witness is arrested for bank robbery, the fight for justice becomes a battle for survival.

Environmental attorney Jo Turner is building the case of a lifetime, suing World Petrol, one of the country’s largest refineries, for toxic emissions linked to rising cancer rates along the Houston Ship Channel. Her crucial evidence comes from Dr. Tori Nelson, a respected physician and Jo’s college crush, whose research exposes devastating community health impacts.

But just as the lawsuit gains momentum, Tori is arrested for a shocking, high-profile bank robbery. Jo knows it’s a setup. Someone is trying to silence Tori to bury the findings that could bring World Petrol down.

As Jo races to prove Tori’s innocence, she uncovers a chilling conspiracy that reaches deeper than she imagined. With Tori’s freedom, career, and the lives of an entire community at stake, Jo has a choice: walk away or risk everything.

She’s never been good at walking away

More about Patricia

Q. What publisher are you with?

A. Indie, She Writes Press

Q. What Genres do you write?

A. Romance, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller, Memoir

Q. What was your first pop-up event?

A. Interview with Felice Cohen on the Pop-Up YouTube Channel

Q. What made you start writing?

A. I retired during the pandemic, and I always have to have a project

Q. Do you use the same creative process for every book?

A. I’m usually inspired by an experience I’ve had in my own life.

Q. What is your latest book? How did you get the idea? When does it come out?

A. Framed is my latest book inspired by a true story..

Q. Describe where you do most of you writing?

A. At my desk on the southern tip of Vancouver Island looking out at the Harbour as eagles, cormorants, sea gulls, ducks and geese fly by and an occasional black bear lumbers past under the balcony.

Q. Do you have a newsletter?

A. Yes, I talk about books! Not just my own.

Q. What do you wish more readers knew about you?

A. It’s really hard. Be kind and give honest reviews.

Q. Who is your favorite sapphic icon (literary or not)?

A. Willa Cather

Q. You’re in charge of hosting brunch for a dozen people, what is on the menu? (Money is no object, so you can have it catered if you’d like)?

A. Fresh-caught sea bass.