About Me | Patricia Ann Yates

My bookshelves are filled with old fiction and non-fiction books about England in the early 1800s. After reading them, I’ve learned a great deal about English society during that era. Coming up with names for my characters was fairly easy—almost all of them are named after my British grandfathers and grandmothers.

I also love reading about haunted houses and ghosts, and I’m fascinated by how ghost hunters attempt to communicate with the spiritual world. That curiosity led me to write a book about a man and his paranormal adventures, where the unexplained is ultimately confronted and resolved.

When I’m not writing, my favorite places to be are the beach, antique stores, thrift shops, and bookstores. The oldest book in my collection—actually a pamphlet—dates back to England in 1820.

I enjoy reading as much as writing. Some of my favorite authors include Rebecca Connolly, whose work I greatly admire, as well as Julia Quinn, Tammy Andresen, Scarlett Scott, and Sabrina Jeffries. I recently enjoyed reading Alice Coldbreath’s novels with knights, jousting, and tournaments. I’ve read hundreds—probably thousands—of historical romances.

One of my favorite ghost books is a immense book filled with page after page of chilling ghost stories. I’m currently rereading sections of Ghost Hunters: True Stories from the World’s Most Famous Demonologists.
And yes—like the heroes in my historical romances, I once owned a black cat.

My email address is: payates@pm.me. My website address is www.patriciaannyates.com

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Bigfoot Meeting Place

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Ghost Hunting

An electromagnetic field detector is used by electricians to locate electromagnetic radiation. Ghost hunters believe that spirits emit electromagnetic radiation and use this tool to hung ghosts. Surprisingly, strong fields of electric energy can lead to hallucinations, including ghost sightings.

London 1820

Haberdasher
Keeps a shop
Necklace Maker
Sack Weaver
Takes in Washing
Sells cakes and Gingerbread
London Life in the Eighteen Century Published in 1930

Ghost Signs

Signs that you may have a ghost in your home: the room gets cold, doors open on their own, whispering, creaking stairs, pets behaving strangely, strange smells, and electronic devices turning off or on on their own.

Quotes

I kept always two books in my pocket: one to read, one to write in.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

Sometimes the ideas just come to me. Other times I have to sweat and almost bleed to make ideas come. It’s a mysterious process, but I hope I never find out exactly how it works. I like a mystery, as you may have noticed.” — J.K. Rowling.

London Highwaymen

A journey to London seemed to us in those by-gone days as hazardous and darken adventure as could be forced on any man. I mean, of course, a poor man: for to a great nobleman with ever so many outriders, attendants, and retainers, the risk was not so great, unless the highwaymen knew of their coming beforehand, and so combined against them. "Lorne Done by Blackmore, Publish Date: Unknown London Life in the Eighteen Century Published in 1930."

London Timekeepers

"They were so frequently robbed of them that a watch must have been a very usual possession and one suspects they were an eighteenth century substitute for a savings bank account. "London Life in the Eighteen Century"