Diane Patrick

1955

United States

For over twenty years, Diane Patrick has provided a wide range of high-quality writing, research, and editorial services to both individual and corporate clients; her work has appeared in industry-specific as well as consumer publications. As a journalist, she has covered authors, books, and the publishing industry for Publishers Weekly, Criticas, Black Issues Book Review, and Essence, and music, entertainment, and legal topics for publications such as Billboard, Jazziz, JazzTimes, The Wire, Legal Assistant Today, and Diversity and the Bar. Patrick is an author of nonfiction books for children and has contributed to dozens of reference works about African Americans and their history. In Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King, Patrick presents the life stories of the assassinated civil rights activist and his wife. She emphasizes interesting facts regarding their childhood, education, and upbringing, as well as the events that led to their prominence as leaders in the civil rights movement. In the portrait of Coretta Scott King, Patrick discusses King's family background, commitment to both women's rights and civil rights, as well as her dignified response to the tragic killing of her husband. These books are intended for young readers who are new to topics such as African-American history, and thus provide general information and ample explanations of terms that readers might not be familiar with. In The New York Public Library Amazing African-American History: A Book of Answers for Kids, Patrick presents a chronological history of African Americans, in question-and-answer format, divided into sections such as "From Africa to Colonial America," "From Revolution through the Civil War," "Emancipation and Reconstruction," and "The New Renaissance." Terry McMillan: The Unauthorized Biography is a biography of the African-American author of Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Patrick tracks the author's life from her early years in Port Huron, Michigan, through her move to New York City, and her subsequent success as a writer. Patrick notes that McMillan's success as an African-American writer helped pave the way for other writers who followed.

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Background

Diane Patrick was born in 1955, in the United States.

Career

For over twenty years, Diane Patrick has provided a wide range of high-quality writing, research, and editorial services to both individual and corporate clients; her work has appeared in industry-specific as well as consumer publications. As a journalist, she has covered authors, books, and the publishing industry for Publishers Weekly, Criticas, Black Issues Book Review, and Essence, and music, entertainment, and legal topics for publications such as Billboard, Jazziz, JazzTimes, The Wire, Legal Assistant Today, and Diversity and the Bar.

Patrick is an author of nonfiction books for children and has contributed to dozens of reference works about African Americans and their history.

In Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King, Patrick presents the life stories of the assassinated civil rights activist and his wife. She emphasizes interesting facts regarding their childhood, education, and upbringing, as well as the events that led to their prominence as leaders in the civil rights movement. In the portrait of Coretta Scott King, Patrick discusses King's family background, commitment to both women's rights and civil rights, as well as her dignified response to the tragic killing of her husband. These books are intended for young readers who are new to topics such as African-American history, and thus provide general information and ample explanations of terms that readers might not be familiar with.

In The New York Public Library Amazing African-American History: A Book of Answers for Kids, Patrick presents a chronological history of African Americans, in question-and-answer format, divided into sections such as "From Africa to Colonial America," "From Revolution through the Civil War," "Emancipation and Reconstruction," and "The New Renaissance."

Terry McMillan: The Unauthorized Biography is a biography of the African-American author of Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Patrick tracks the author's life from her early years in Port Huron, Michigan, through her move to New York City, and her subsequent success as a writer. Patrick notes that McMillan's success as an African-American writer helped pave the way for other writers who followed.

Achievements

Diane Patrick is a distinguished editor and journalist. She is also an award-winning author of nonfiction books for children, who writes about African Americans and their history.