A writer of faith by day and mystery by night, Patricia Raybon is the Christy Award–winning author of the Annalee Spain mystery series and a devotional content contributor for Our Daily Bread Ministries.

A longtime newspaper journalist, Patricia turned to mystery and suspense fiction during the pandemic with her debut novel, All That Is Secret, which won a Christy Award for first novel and was picked by NBA All-Star Steph Curry as a selection for his book club.

The sequel, Double the Lies, won the 2024 Christianity Today Book Award for fiction. The third in the series, Truth Be Told, was a New York Times Book Review pick among "4 Great Fictional Detectives."

Winner of multiple awards for newspaper feature writing, Patricia worked a dozen years at two Denver papers—The Denver Post, where she was Sunday Contemporary Magazine editor, and at the Scripps Howard Rocky Mountain News, where she was a magazine feature writer.

Midcareer she taught print journalism for fifteen years, commuting many miles to the University of Colorado at Boulder to teach bright, hardworking graduate and undergraduate students, many of whom still consider her a colleague and friend.

Patricia's personal essays have been published in the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, USA Weekend, Guideposts, In Touch magazine, Christianity Today, the Washington Post, and for National Public Radio's Weekend Edition. She has also authored nonfiction books including memoirs and devotionals. Patricia was inducted into the Colorado Authors' Hall of Fame in 2021.

A lifelong Colorado resident, Patricia lives near Denver. She and her family enjoy movies, popcorn, college hoops, and historical dramas and mysteries on Masterpiece on PBS. Join her Readers' Circle at patriciaraybon.com and get her free e-download, "The Busy Person's Guide to Hearing God."