Patsy Clairmont

AUTHOR | SPEAKER | ARTIST

Change isn't without cost, and maturity is deepened by hardships. I've lived long enough - Stonehenge and me - that I've learned even when folks do spiteful things, they have a reason. Often when I know the reason, their actions make sense. – Patsy

Patsy is a bookish woman who loves words and has a penchant for dark chocolate sorbet. Since spelling bees in grade school, childhood Scrabble games, right up to her current addiction with Words with Friends, she has been known to spell it out, to say it like it is.

Much to her surprise, Patsy has written a stack of books that continues to light her passion for the printed page. Nothing pleases her more than to share her faith through laughter and tears and to encourage others to flourish.

A former agoraphobic, Patsy never imagined the expansive plans God had in mind for her. She just wanted to make it to her neighborhood grocery store and safely home again. Instead, for the past 35 years, she has been traipsing throughout the U.S. and Canada, with trips to Israel and Africa—she has even spoken at the Pentagon for the Flag Officers Bible Study. Patsy has spoken to millions of women (and men), offering spiritual and emotional hope.

Patsy has written books in several genres including devotional, fiction, children’s, and gift offerings. She is one of the founding speakers at Women of Faith and also trains people for the platform.

Her latest passion is helping people shake loose the stories from their own lives to use in communicating more personally, effectively, and memorably—whether from a stage, a board meeting, a Sunday School class, or over the back fence with a neighbor. We were designed to invest in each other; sharing our stories is one way to do that.

Patsy currently resides in Franklin, TN, and takes delight in her two grown sons and two grown grandsons.