Pat Black-Gould
Award-Winning Author and Clinical Psychologist
Pat Black-Gould is a clinical psychologist and an award-winning author of two books, The Crystal Beads, Lalka’s Journey, and All the Broken Angels, co-written with Steve Hardiman.
As a psychologist, Pat specialized in working with Vietnam veterans and was also the coordinator for the LGBTQ+ veteran program. In the theater world, Pat worked in New York and New England as a producer, director, and playwright.
Pat has appeared as a speaker for various organizations throughout the country and online.
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Hello and welcome to my website!
I'm glad you're joining me. I have several events coming up in March, including being a Featured Speaker at The Women in Publishing Summit and the Orange Beach Festival of Art. I'll also be signing books at the Books By the Bay Festival. You can read about these activities under "Events."
In terms of my books, All the Broken Angels, co-authored with Steve Hardiman, has received recent awards including First Place in the Digital Book Times Literary Award for Historical Fiction, a Silver Medal from Feathered Quill Awards for Women's Fiction and a Royal Palm Literary Award from Florida Writers Association. Here’s a bit about the novel:
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History comes alive in this family saga. Flash back to the1960s and ’70s through the eyes of Cate and her cousin Albie, cousins and best friends until the Vietnam War drives a wedge between them. When tragedy strikes, Cate's world turns upside down. Her quest for purpose and meaning becomes one of encouragement, resilience, and transformation.
Visit this dynamic era when Gloria Steinem rose to fame and women burned bras as men marched off to war. History unfolds as women’s rights, faith, patriotism, the dawn of gay liberation, and the treatment of Vietnam vets take center stage in this captivating journey through a pivotal era in American history.
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS:
​“...keeps readers engaged throughout the story and beyond the final page."
– Kirkus Reviews
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“Readers are treated to a ‘you are here’ story of action, reaction, and discovery that proves winningly realistic, psychologically alluring, and hard to put down."
– D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Review
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“A beautiful story of loyalty and tenacity. Younger audiences will appreciate the richness of America, and older audiences will be kissed by nostalgia.”
– Indies Today, Five-Star Review
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Albie’s in Paradise. Cate’s in Hell. Paradise is a military base along the South China Sea in Vietnam, and Hell is the Hell’s Kitchen district of New York. But life didn’t start that way for these cousins and best friends who grew up together in1960s New Jersey. But they drift apart as the war rages. Albie is gung-ho for God and country, while Cate rebels against her religious upbringing, protests the war, and yearns for the counterculture life of New York's Greenwich Village. When tragedy strikes, Cate’s world turns upside down. Her quest for purpose and meaning becomes one of encouragement, resilience, and transformation.
​This beautifully illustrated Gold Medal award-winning book is inspired by a true story and told from a child’s perspective. The story is one of sacrifice and bravery and highlights the hidden children of the Holocaust. Readers will witness how people can come together, despite differences, when it really matters. The Afterward contains study guide questions for both children and adults, the story of a Holocaust survivor, and information about the Children’s Holocaust Memorial and Paperclip Project at Whitwell Middle School in Whitwell, Tennessee.
My Books
What I've Been Up To
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“Pat’s warmth and engaging presence as a speaker invites her book characters into the room to meet the listeners, right off the superbly told pages, and into the hearts of all who hear its powerful message.”
--Nancy Nesvik, Former President of The National League of American Pen Women, Pensacola Branch