Patricia McConnel (born 1931) is an American writer living in Arizona, best known for her autobiographical novel Sing Soft, Sing Loud (1989) based on her life as a drug mule and prisoner.[1][2][3][4]
Awarded two creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts
1984 The Avarian was selected as one of the Ten best PEN short stories of 1984[5]
