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Patricia Rockwell

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born

March 11, 1946 in Lincoln, NE, The United States

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female

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Mystery & Thrillers, Humor

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April 2010

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Patricia Rockwell has spent most of her life teaching. From small liberal arts colleges to large regional research universities—and even a brief stint in a high school, her background in education is extensive. She has taught virtually everything related to Communication—from a fine arts speech-theatre orientation to more recently a social science research approach. Her Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees are from the University of Nebraska in Speech and her Ph.D. is from the University of Arizona in Communication. She was on the faculty at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for thirteen years, retiring in 2007.

Her publications are extensive, with over 20 peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals, several textbooks, and a research book...more

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Subjective Soup is Leaving

Dear Readers,

I've certainly enjoyed expressing myself on my personal blog Subjective Soup over the last few years. However, my life has gotten a lot busier now that I am running a small publishing company called Cozy Cat Press (www.cozycatpress.com) and writing cozy mystery novels myself. I find that my posts on SS have become further and further apart.

Also, I've discovered another place wher... read more »

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Books by Patricia Rockwell

Average rating: 3.74 · 122 ratings · 73 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Sounds of Murder 3.78 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	FM for Murder 3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Bingoed 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Papoosed 3.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Voice Mail Murder 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Stump Speech Murder 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Sarcasm and Other Mixed Messages: The Ambiguous Ways People Use Language 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Valentined 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	My rating:
	Papoosed 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:

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Pamela Barnes Acoustic Mystery (3 books)
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Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth (3 books)
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May 29, 2012 09:25am
Patricia Rockwell made a comment in the group Cozy Mysteries — Looking for Mysteries with non-murder plots topic "The Essie Cobb senior sleuth cozy mystery series has no murders. In the first, BINGOED, Essie tries to determine why an elderly gentleman collapsed du...more "
May 01, 2012 09:09am
Patricia Rockwell made a comment in the group Cozy Mysteries — What Cozy Mystery are you currently reading? topic "Just started Your Eight O'Clock Is Dead and so far it's lots of fun! "
Dec 30, 2011 02:15pm
Patricia Rockwell made a comment in the group THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB — YOUR TOP READS OF 2011- YES IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!! topic "I typically prefer academicly-oriented cozy mysteries or sometimes quirky sci-fi. Here are my favorites of 2011: 1. Academic Body 2. Murder in the Philo ...more "
Dec 23, 2011 08:23am
Patricia Rockwell gave to: The Alto Wore Tweed (The Liturgical Mystery #1) by Mark Schweizer read in November, 2011	My rating:
This is absolutely the type of mystery I enjoy most. The main character spends his time attempting to solve a mystery--not trying to elude some bad guy. There are a lot of unique-even quirky--suspects from which to choose. The plot is complicated and...more
Dec 17, 2011 03:24pm · see review
Patricia Rockwell is on page 30 of 144 of The Alto Wore Tweed The Alto Wore Tweed (The Liturgical Mystery #1) by Mark Schweizer progress:	My rating:
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Patricia Rockwell made a comment in the group THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB — WHAT ARE YOU READING AND WHY!! topic "Just started THE ALTO WORE TWEED, the first in a long "liturgical mystery" series by Mark Schweizer. It sounds like just the kind of quirky cozy myste...more "
Dec 15, 2011 07:45am
Patricia Rockwell gave to: SECTOR C by Phoenix Sullivan (Goodreads Author) read in December, 2011	My rating:
I wanted to read this book because the description sounded like a type of mystery I would like–sort of a combination of Michael Crichton, Robin Cook, and Scott Sigler. This story moves really fast and the author is obviously quite knowledgeable about...more
Dec 11, 2011 09:02am · see review
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