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Patricia Schultheis

Patricia Schultheis, a Baltimore-based writer, won the 2015 Washington Writers’ Publishing House Fiction Award for her short story collection St. Bart’s Way. Her fiction explores the complexities of upper-middle-class life in Baltimore, while her nonfiction includes Baltimore’s Lexington Market and the memoir A Balanced Life. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Schultheis continues to write and teach in Baltimore.

2015 Washington Writers' Publishing House Fiction Prize

WWPH Publications by Patricia Schultheis

Testimonials

  • The intertwined families who live on St. Bart’s Way grapple with traditions, loss, and always, one another. After reading these exquisite stories, I was left breathless, pondering the new ache in my heart:

    Leslie Pietrzyj, author of Pears on a Willow Tree and Silver Girl.

  • Deception and duty, atonement and even revelation — they all come together on St. Bart’s Way, the setting for Patricia Schultheis’ marvelous new collection of stories.

    Tim Wendel, author of Castro’s Curveball and Summer of ’68

Additional Awards

  • Finalist for the Flannery O'Connor Award
  • Finalist Snake Nation

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