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Pat Valdata is an award-winning fiction writer and poet. Her newest novel, Everyday Courage, is a historical novel set during WWII. It was published by Wind Canyon Books in March 2026. Her novel, Eve’s Daughters, which won first place in novels from the Delaware Press Association, was released in a second edition by Secant Publishing in 2025. Her other novels are Crosswind and The Other Sister, which won a gold medal from the Árpád Academy of the Hungarian Association.

Pat's poetry book about women aviation pioneers, Where No Man Can Touch, won the 2015 Donald Justice Poetry Prize and was released in a revised edition by Wind Canyon Books in 2023. Her other poetry titles are Inherent Vice and Looking for Bivalve.

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	Eve's Daughters 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Sister 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crosswind it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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