Born in Wisconsin, Dr. Patricia Edmisten Ph.D. has lived in Pensacola since 1977. A former professor at The University of West Florida, she has written extensively about the relationship between social conditions and democracy and has been a consultant for the United Nations.

She is the author of: Nicaragua Divided: La Prensa and the Chamorro Legacy, about the origins of the Nicaraguan revolution; The Mourning of Angels; Nicaragua Divided-La Prensa and the Chamorro Legacy; The Treasures of Pensacola Beach; and translator of The Autobiography of Maria Elena Moyano: The Life and Death of a Peruvian Activist. Additionally, Many of her poems have been published in The Emerald Coast Review.

Patricia is married to Dr. Joe A. Edmisten; they have a blended family of 6 children and 15 grandchildren.

The Mourning of Angels is a straightforward, beautifully descriptive prose, sub­tly impregnated with the political and cultural history of Peru. Author Patricia Taylor Edmisten charts Lydia Schaefer’s journey from innocence . . . to a stark, tragic maturity. She also shows the wonderful gutsiness and tenacity of early Peace Corps volunteers who plunged gamely into uncharted waters. … an admirable book and one that superbly fulfills the third goal of the Peace Corps, “to bring the world home.”

Patricia served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru from 1962-64. A for­mer university professor, she has written extensively about the relationship between social con­ditions and democracy and has been a consultant for the United Nations, working with women’s groups in Peru and Brazil. She is the author of Nicaragua Divided La Prensa and the Chamorro Legacy, about the ori­gins of the Nicaraguan revolu­tion, and was the translator for The Autobiography of Maria Elena Moyano: The Life and Death of a Peruvian Activist.