Patricia Miller
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2026
Patricia Miller grew up in a small town in Ohio and has worked as a mental health clinical counselor supervisor for the past 35+ years. Ten years ago she was hired to develop the curriculum at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital Behavioral Health Center Intensive Outpatient Program where she remains to this day. Her emotion management skill-building children’s picture book was inspired by that program’s curriculum. She is the award-winning author of 8 published books thus far: The Truth that Lies Beneath: A Hower House Murder Mystery Novella, Book 1 in a children’s mindfulness picture book series (Published with Headline Books), a completed YA Sci Fi Sweet Romance trilogy (suitable for ages 15 and up) and 5 mystery collections (suitable for all mystery lovers ages 12 and up) which all have that cozy mystery feel. Her mystery collections feature illustrations from high school and middle school art students from Ohio which are chosen following a call for submissions. She also contributed a mystery romance short story to the anthology, Love on the Lakefront: Tales from the Great Lakes and a multi-genre anthology: Dreams & Driftwood and a Christmas Anthology Holidays in the Heartland. She provides presentations, interactive workshops for young writers, and sits on various author panels each year.
She is best known for relatable characters, clever twists and turns and feel-good endings. Her children’s book has received awards from 6 book competitions, including Winner in the Best Children’s Book Category in the Los Angela’s Beach Book Festival Awards, the other 5 being runner up or honorable mention awards. Her other books have received awards from Next Generation Indie Book Awards, American Book Fest Awards, and one of her mystery collections has been awarded a Second Place Purple Dragonfly Award in the mystery category. When not writing she enjoys hiking/biking weekend trips or indulging in British murder mystery marathons.
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The Truth that Lies Beneath: A Hower House Murder Mystery Novella
Mystery writer, Pamela Shore, chose Akron’s very own Hower House as the setting for her next whodunit. Its Italianate exterior, delightfully furnished rooms, and wallpapered corridors oozed wealth and exquisite taste. Who knew there would be a lot to uncover? Strange noises, items moved and out-of-place, piqued the curiosity of Clarisse, a young university student who works as the receptionist at this historical landmark. Just as she convinces the writer to investigate to uncover some answers, a young man is discovered murdered in a parking lot nearby, with a Hower House flyer in his jeans pocket. Tongues wag and rumors run amuck. One thing’s for certain, this beautiful, old mansion, rich in history, has quite a story to tell.
It’s Okay to Have Feelings: A Peyton’s Palace Adventure
It’s Okay to Have Feelings, Patricia Miller’s Mindfulness Building Children’s Picture Book, has received awards from the London Book Festival, Southern California Book Awards, Los Angeles Book Awards and is a Story Monsters Winner in the categories of Best Children’s Picture Book, Health & Wellness, and Making a Difference.
‘It’s Okay to Have Feelings’ is a thoughtfully designed picture book that helps children understand and manage their emotions effectively. Focused on emotional regulation and mental health, it offers valuable tools to support young minds in navigating their feelings with confidence while exploring enchanting castle rooms with Peyton and her friend, Freddy Feelings, the butler.
Patricia is a licenced clinical counselor supervisor and licensed social worker with 35 years of experience. Special thank you to Headline Books for believing in this much needed therapeutic picture book series!
📕 Available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Its-Okay-Have-Feelings-Adventure/dp/1958914827
Mysterious Tales of the Unexplained, Volume 4
Mysterious Tales of the Unexplained, Vol 4
Like previous volumes, this is a mystery collection. There are 4 “Agatha Christie-like” whodunits illustrated by middle and high school art students. Amateur sleuth, Kelsie Raymond, bursts onto the scene again, determined to solve some of her most baffling cases yet in Mysterious Tales of the Unexplained, Volume 4. What starts as a birthday celebration quickly turns dangerous when Kelsie and her friends become embroiled in a complicated murder investigation which requires delving back decades to solve in Murder on Blood Red Island. A feisty farm owner named Bertha Wiseman is framed for the theft of expensive collectibles in Duck Valley Robbery, leading to several other criminal discoveries, seemingly connected in some strange way. A news reporter and an estate manager reluctantly partner against strange and supernatural phenomena in a stately mansion in Home Sweet Ghostly Home. And Kelsie Raymond becomes a personal assistant turned investigator into the murder of a wealthy businessman with his son as the likely suspect in The Tethering Affair.
📕 Available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Tales-Unexplained-Patricia-Miller-ebook/dp/B0DMFQY7VL