Surviving 

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Coming March 9, 2021

SURVIVING SAVANNAH

"The Titanic of the South"

It was called "The Titanic of the South."  The luxury steamship sank in 1838 with Savannah's elite on board; through time, their fates were forgotten—until the wreck was found, and now their story is finally being told in this breathtaking novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis.

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Coming March 9, 2021

SURVIVING SAVANNAH

"The Titanic of the South"

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A New York Times Bestselling Author
Co-creator and co-host of the weekly web show and podcast  

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Patti Callahan Henry is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of fifteen novels, including the (Historical Fiction),  BECOMING MRS. LEWIS—The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis (writing as Patti Callahan).  In addition, she is the recipient of The Christy Award—A 2019 Winner "Book of the Year.”; The Harper Lee Distinguished Writer of the Year for 2020, and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year for 2019.  
 
The author is also the host of the popular seven-part original "Behind the Scenes of Becoming Mrs. Lewis Podcast Series" launched,  October 2019. The podcast audiobook collection including bonus material was released in January 2020.  The new expanded Becoming Mrs. Lewis paperback edition was released in March 2020. 

WILD SWAN, a novella following the fiery life of one of history’s greatest heroines and the mother of modern nursing: Florence Nightingale by Patti Callahan was released December 10, 2020, as an Audible Original performed by Cynthia Erivo.
 
On March 9, 2021, SURVIVING SAVANNAH —a new historical fiction novel based on the true story of the Steamship Pulaski wreck will be released. 

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REUNION BEACH, Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank, a collaboration and tribute to be released April 27, 2021. Patti joins a group of bestselling authors to present a moving anthology to pay tribute to the legendary NYT bestselling author and her literary legacy.

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ONCE UPON A WARDROBE is another tenderly imagined and enchanting story that pulls back the curtain on the early life of C. S. Lewis from Callahan— coming October 19, 2021—published by Harper Collins' new imprint —Harper Muse. Callahan's Once Upon a Wardrobe will be their debut novel launching this fall.

Patti Callahan is the co-creator and co-host of the weekly web show and podcast, Friends and Fiction featuring the five bestselling authors Mary Kay Andrews, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Kristin Harmel, and Mary Alice Monroe with endless stories, special guests, and a way to connect readers and writers.
 
A full-time author and mother of three children, she now resides in both Mountain Brook, Alabama, and Bluffton, South Carolina with her husband.

The ship sank after a boiler explosion in 1838, and the wreckage was just discovered, 180 years later. Everly can't resist the opportunity to try to solve some of the mysteries and myths surrounding the devastating night of its sinking.

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Everly's research leads her to the astounding history of a family of eleven who boarded the Pulaski together, and the extraordinary stories of two women from this family: a known survivor, Augusta Longstreet, and her niece, Lilly Dawson, who was never found, along with her child. These aristocratic women were part of Savannah's society, but when the ship exploded, each was faced with difficult and heartbreaking decisions.

This is a moving and powerful exploration of what women will do to endure in the face of tragedy, the role fate plays, and the myriad ways we survive the surviving.

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When Savannah history professor Everly Winthrop is asked to guest-curate a new museum collection focusing on artifacts recovered from the steamship Pulaski, she's shocked.

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Harper Collins announces a new imprint—Harper Muse

and Patti Callahan’s

Once Upon a Wardrobe

will be their debut novel.

October 19, 2021

From the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis comes another tenderly imagined and enchanting story that pulls back the curtain on the early life of C. S. Lewis. 

The wildly successful and much-beloved
"Becoming Mrs. Lewis " is available NOW  
in an expanded trade paper edition.

Available Now! 

WILD SWAN
A Story of Florence Nightingale

by Patti Callahan 

and performed by Cynthia Erivo 

An Audible Orginal 

"Where did Narnia

come from?”

The answer

 will change 

everything

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Behind The Scenes of Becoming Mrs. Lewis

The Podcast Series  

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Available everywhere audiobooks are sold.

Podcast Collection

 With Bonus Episode and Material 

This edition collects all the interviews from Patti Callahan's Behind the Scenes of Becoming Mrs. Lewis podcast, as well as extensive bonus material not previously released, including an additional episode not released on the original podcast.  

Includes:

• A bonus episode—including an interview with the founder and artistic director of Fellowship for Performing Arts, Max McLean. 

• Bonus chapters from Becoming Mrs. Lewis

• A special letter, from author Patti Callahan to Joy Davidman

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Patti Callahan (Author, Narrator), Lauren Woodward (Narrator), Full Cast (Narrator), Thomas Nelson (Publisher)

Special Edition Paperback 

The new expanded edition includes:

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• A map of Oxford

• An expanded discussion guide with 20+ questions for book clubs

• A timeline of Jack and Joy's Lives

• Joy's (imagined) letter to Jack

• 10 Things You May Not Know About Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis's Love Story

• A Behind the Scenes Essay: Oxford—The City

In a most improbable friendship, she found love. In a world where women were silenced, she found her voice. 

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Southern Contemporary

And Historical Fiction

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ContemporarySouthern 

Fiction

The New York Times bestselling Southern author returns to the Lowcountry, with her fifteenth novel —THE FAVORITE DAUGHTER, a lush, heart-wrenching novel about the power of memory, the meaning of family, and learning to forgive. Available now.

THE PERFECT LOVE SONG, a holiday Christmas novella Oct. 8, 2019, is available now.   

The author continues to pen under her name 'Patti Callahan 

Henry' with her popular Southern contemporary women's fiction novels. 

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Historical

Fiction

The New York Times bestselling author began writing under the name of 'Patti Callahan' with her debut introduction into the historical fiction genre, with her fourteenth novel, the award-winning, BECOMING MRS. LEWIS— the Improbable

Love Story of Joy Davidman and C. S. "Behind the Scenes" of Becoming Mrs. Lewis is also available as a seven-part original series Podcast.

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Historical Titles: 

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• ONCE UPON A WARDROBE 10/21

• SURVIVING SAVANNAH 3/21

• WILD SWAN 10/20 

• BECOMING MRS. LEWIS 10/18

• BEHIND THE SCENES OF BECOMING MRS. LEWIS PODCAST 1/20 

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