This is a photo taken in my library surrounded by the 10 books I have written, I am holding my latest. Also in this photo are two trophies I received from IAOTP. One is for lifetime achievement and success 2017. The other was presented to me for author of the year 2016.
Patricia Daly-Lipe was born in San Diego, California and grew up in La Jolla graduating from The Bishop’s School. She also spent time living on the other coast in Washington, D.C., the home of several generations of her mother’s family. When Patricia was 18, her mother died of cancer. She returned to Vassar College (with a year at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium) earning a B.A. degree in Philosophy.
Later, as a single parent of three children, she and her young family raised and raced thoroughbred horses (winning at Santa Anita, Hollywood Park, Golden Gate Fields and Del Mar racetracks) and showed in the hunter and jumper divisions at horse shows on both sides of the country.
After her children were grown, she completed a Master’s degree followed by a Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities, specializing in Creative Arts and Communication. For several years, Dr. Daly taught English and writing to university students and adults, wrote for the Evening Star Newspaper in Washington, D.C., had stories published in several magazines, and had a weekly column with Beach and Bay Press Newspaper Group in San Diego, California.
Patricia now lives in Florida with her husband (and first beau) Steele Lipe, M.D., three dogs and two horses. She is the author of eleven books, each a different genre, past President of the National League of American Pen Women, La Jolla Branch and later President of the DC Branch.
Patricia is the past President of the National League of American Pen Women-La Jolla Branch and later President of the Washington, DC Branch. In 2007, Patricia was speaker for the National Capital District 36 Toastmasters 2007 Spring Conference. Her presentation was titled ‘The Power of Words’. The Special Achievement Award was presented to Patricia Daly-Lipe for participation in the 2009 “Golden Nib” Contest and an award of second place in poetry for “A Poetic Meditation”.
Patricia has written for the Evening Star Newspaper in Washington, DC, the Beach and Bay Press including La Jolla Village News in California, and The Georgetowner and Uptowner Newspapers in Washington, DC as well as several magazines across the country.
Her presentations have covered all aspects of writing for literary groups as well as colleges and universities.
In her “spare” time, Patricia has been rescuing thoroughbred horses. In the late ’70s and ’80s, she raised, raced and showed them.
Here is a list of my writing history, awards and honors:
SMALL PUBLICATIONS
Short stories:
LaJoie Magazine
The Pen Woman (stories and poems)
Articles:
Unfold Magazine
Dining Guide of La Jolla
Albemarle Magazine
Ping
Virginia Horse Journal
La Jolla Village News (weekly articles)
The Georgetowner and Uptowner newspapers
San Diego Magazine
AWARDS
San Diego Book Awards Association, winner 2002 for La Jolla, A Celebration of Its Past
Recipient of the 2004 Woman of Achievement Award, National League of American Pen Women, La Jolla Branch
Multiple ribbons and trophies for racing and showing thoroughbred horses
JADA Trophy: Award Winning Novel Forbidden Loves 1st Runner Up fiction, 2006
Cambridge Who’s Who as Expert Resource in the field of Creative Writing 2010
Cambridge Who’s Who VIP
Vienna Arts Society 2009 and 2011 Treasury of Art Juried Shows
2009 Golden Nib winner for ‘A Poetic Meditation’
Art Juror Raphael Fitzgerald selected my Painting 19th Century Lady, to hang in the Women Interpreting the Female Form Juried Exhibition at the Workhouse Arts Center Lorton, VA.
The Special Achievement Award for participation in the 2009 “Golden Nib” Contest and an award of second place in poetry for “A Poetic Meditation”.
2014 Winner non-fiction summer short, VA Writers Club
2016-17-IAOTP Author of the Year; 2017 Lifetime Achievement IAOTP
SPEECHES
Ecumenical Council of San Diego
Arts in Concert’ (organizer and speaker 1999-2005)
Construction Writers of America
NLAPW, Washington, DC
National Society Daughters of the American Colonists
Pub-speaker Washington Independent Writers (Washington, DC) 2008
Casa de Manana (La Jolla)
Foundation for Women (San Diego)
The Woman’s Club (La Jolla)
Warwick’s Book Store (talk on Creativity)
University of San Diego
Alliance Française de Washington
Barnes and Noble (Georgetown),
OLLI (Osher Lifetime Learning Institute, George Mason University) course on Creativity and OLLI presentation on Paris between the wars
National Capital District 36 Toastmasters 2007 Spring Conference presentation titled ‘The Power of Words’
‘Radio Hotline’ with Dennis Price on Radio Fairfax Channel 37 12/2011
Main speaker at the Virginia Writers Club’s ‘Your Writing Life, A Symposium for Writers of all Ages & All Stages
2011 presentation of DVD ‘A World of Women’ (which I helped make) for AAUW, Cabrillo Branch (American Association of University Women) and for the National League of American Pen Women La Jolla
World Talk Radio: “To be a leader, you must be a reader. Read, lead, succeed!” 2010
Toastmasters International, National Capital District 36 2007 Spring Conference presentation ‘The Power of Words’
Heritage Hunt, 2014
TV Channel 10 San Diego production of ‘The Turing Test’
EDUCATION
Columbia Pacific University, Ph.D., Creative Arts and Communication
California State University, Dominguez Hills, M.A., American Literature
Vassar College, B.A., Philosophy
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, Thomistic Philosophy, diplôme
LaCoste School of the Arts in Provence, France
EMPLOYMENT
Skip A Rope Farm: owner, breeder, rider, Thoroughbreds, racing and hunter/jumper show horses, 1970-1992
Instructor: The Writing Center, San Diego, CA, 1998; Writers’ Workshop, Anne Arundel Community College, MD.,
Continuing Education/ Lifelong Learning, faculty, 1996-1998; Instructor, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD, 1994-1997
Editor: Independent editor for Sylvia Genske, Thomas McCullum, III, and Annette Petersen Clark, authors
Staff writer, Ping Magazine, 1996-7, Beach and Bay Press 1999-2004
Professor: Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC; National Business College, Charlottesville, VA; Nelson County Public Schools, VA, Northern Virginia Community College 2010
Reporter: The Evening Star Newspaper, Washington, DC, 1964-5; La Jolla Village News, 1999-2004
ARTIST
Annual Masters Art Show, Wilmington, NC,
Juried shows at Maryland Federation of Art,
‘Art on the Green’, Lexington, VA; Athenaeum in La Jolla, CA,
Vienna Arts Society Juried show 2009 and 2011;
Galleries in Washington, DC, Virginia and California; private collections
NON-PROFIT POSITIONS:
President National League of American Pen Women, La Jolla Branch, 2001-2003, NLAPW President, DC Branch, 2006-2008,
Historian, National Society, Daughters of American Colonists, District of Columbia
Society Coordinator for the Wednesday Evening Series, The Historical Society of Washington, DC, 2008-09
National Women’s History Museum, Charter Member
