Patricia Farrell lives in rural western Oregon. Formerly a biologist and landscape architect, she completed the Certificate of Creative Writing program from Linfield University in 2021. In 2023 she won first place in the New Poets category of the Oregon Poetry Association contest. Her poems have been published in journals such as Camas Literary Journal, Verseweavers, The Thieving Magpie, Wild Roof Journal, Clackamas Literary Review, and Stone Poetry Quarterly.