Patricia Raybon is the award-winning author of the Annalee Spain Mystery Series. Set in 1920s Denver when the Ku Klux Klan ruled the state, it features a young, Black theologian–a fan of Sherlock Holmes–solving crimes of the heart and spirit during one of Colorado’s most dangerous times. But as she grapples with questions about life, love, courage, and consequence, what did the fictional detective teach the novelist about how to revisit the past to gain context for understanding life’s muddles and puzzles today?

Patricia is a Christy Award-winning novelist and essayist whose essays have appeared in many publications including The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, and Rocky Mountain News. They’ve also been reprinted in college textbooks. A former feature writer at The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News, she taught journalism mid-career at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her latest Annalee Spain Mystery, Truth Be Told, was named in July 2024 as a New York Times Book Review pick among “Four Great Fictional Detectives.” Patricia also writes devotional content for Our Daily Bread.

There will be 2 lectures:
2:30pm in the Englewood Public Library
6:30pm at The Guild Annex

Presented in partnership with Englewood Public Library.