Patricia Sutton Burgess

About the Author Patricia Sutton Burgess is a native Georgian. For 20 years, she taught high school English-composition, literature, and grammar. For eight years she taught college English subjects including British Literature, American Literature, Southern Literature, Public Speaking, Creative Writing, Technical Writing, and classes on leading authors. She graduated from Georgia Southern University with a B.S. Ed and a M. S. Ed, and from West Georgia University with an Ed. S. The recipient of...See more

About the Author Patricia Sutton Burgess is a native Georgian. For 20 years, she taught high school English-composition, literature, and grammar. For eight years she taught college English subjects including British Literature, American Literature, Southern Literature, Public Speaking, Creative Writing, Technical Writing, and classes on leading authors. She graduated from Georgia Southern University with a B.S. Ed and a M. S. Ed, and from West Georgia University with an Ed. S. The recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities grants, she studied American Studies and Literary Criticism at Tufts University in Medford, MA and Auburn University in Auburn AL. With those experiences she was awarded her Doctorate. The widow of a Southern Baptist minister, she is the mother of three children and the grandmother of one. She has taught adult Sunday School classes (both men and women), worked with youth, been active in Woman's Missionary Union, and cared for her family. Starting college at age 45, and began her teaching career at the same time her oldest son began college. Now retired, Dr. Burgess makes her home in North Georgia with her little dog, Beauregard. Here she her enjoys hiking, gardening, reading, writing, church and experiencing "joy every morning." The mountains are her peace, she says. She describes herself as happy and fulfilled. She continues her devotion to God and His church. Having dreamed of being a writer and having a book published, she wrote for religious publications, articles and plays for the various churches, and has a folder of short stories and ideas for novels. On her 80th birthday, she pledged to make at least one of those ideas come to life. Renewing that pledge as a 2015 New Year's Resolution, in March, 2015, she published her e-book, Another Life. With that book published, she completed what began as a handbook for young women about to become the wives of full-time Christian servants. However, during the writing it became a memoir which should inspire readers. Realizing her desire to have a book published, she has opened up her file of ideas and is now hard at work on a third work. By the end of the year, readers will find her titles to include: My Name is Ruth, Another Life, From the Beginning, Shattered, and one other not yet titled. Readers may contact this author at yzpat@windstream.net. See less