Pat Backley is an author, born in England but now based in Auckland, New Zealand. Passionate about people and travelling the world, she has spent 70 years living a colourful and interesting life and her books reflect these passions.
She has always been fascinated by social history and the lives of ordinary people and believes their stories should be told.
“It is a way of honouring my ancestors. They have no voice, so I will make sure their stories are heard.”
She wrote and published her first book Daisy in 2020, just before her 70th birthday.
“It is a way of honouring my ancestors. They have no voice, so I will make sure their stories are heard.”
In 2021 she released her memoirs From There To Here, With An Awful Lot In Between, along with the sequel to Daisy – The Second Daisy. She also co-authored Barnes & Nobel Bestseller The Warrior Women Project: A Sisterhood of Immigrant Women.
2022 saw the release of her travel memoirs Seventy Years Worth of Travel: Snippets From a Colourful and Interesting Life, and Valentine George – the first novel in her ancestry series. She also co-authored Relatable Voices.
In 2023, Pat published the second title in her ancestry series, Lou and Eustace, alongside The Abandoned Wives Handbook: A Gentle Guide to One of Life’s Great Traumas.
In 2024 the next title in her ancestry series was released – Dot & Ben, and in 2025 came her first ‘whodunnit’ – Was He A Perfect Gentleman?.
Pat’s latest publications include Different Times, Different Rules, which was published in February 2026, and Is Travel Still Fun In Your Seventies?, published in April 2026, and Death In The Rhododendrons: A Classic Whodunnit, published in August 2026.
On the day of the annual Garden Show a dead body is discovered beside the Rhododendron bushes. There are so many possible suspects. This WHODUNNIT is set in East Forke, a traditional and sought after English country village.
Is travel still fun in your seventies? To find out more, dip into this nice easy read.
Researching her family tree had seemed like such an ordinary thing to do.
A memoir – a tale with many twists and turns along the way.
An ordinary man, who lived through extraordinary times. A historical family saga. (Ancestors Book 1)
A sequel. Another historical novel of family, friendship and love.
A gentle guide to one of life’s great traumas.
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