Pat Capps Mehaffey, a life-long
Texan, received a degree from Southwestern Graduate School of Banking
at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. She had no interest in
writing until her retirement after 30 years of employment as a bank
officer.Pat has been a member of Abilene Writers Guild, Writer’s Bloc of Granbury and Cisco Writers Club. Her published credits include two inspirational books of daily devotionals titled Lessons for Living and Strength Sufficient for the Day. Her short stories have appeared in Cup of Comfort, Rocking Chair Reader, Passager, Quotable Texas Women, The Noble Generation, This Path, From the Porch Swing, The Upper Room, and several issues of Guideposts. Her entries have won awards at Oklahoma Writer’s Federation, Inc. and Weatherford College.
Under a Comanche Moon, for young adults, features Jane McGregor and her pioneer family in Comanche County, Texas. Shadows of the Comanche, a continuation of Jane’s story, was published in 2013. The adventures in both books are based on events experienced by Pat’s ancestors and told to her by her father. Her great-grandparents homesteaded land on the Texas frontier in 1859.
Pat and husband currently reside in North Central Texas, enjoying urban conveniences and proximity of extended family.
Email Pat at mehaffey.pat@hotmail.com.
