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.”
Her published books in The Daisy Series, include Daisy a historical family saga (1887 -1974) and the sequel The Second Daisy. She is currently working on the third book in this series.
Her other works include her personal memoirs: From There To Here, With An Awful Lot In Between and three books in her Ancestors series: Valentine George, Lou and Eustace, and Dot and Ben.
She has written a travel memoir: Seventy Years Worth Of Travel and will shortly publish the sequel: Is Travel Still Fun In Your 70’s?
And finally, a pocket-size non-fiction book : The Abandoned Wives Handbook.
Pat says that having discovered her passion, she now intends to write until she dies!
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.
Paperback copies available from Wheelers, Ingramspark, Amazon, or on consignment directly from the authors website: