Patricia Vaccarino is an American writer. She has published four novels as well as three nonfiction books based on her experience in public relations.
Patricia Vaccarino | |
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| Born | Yonkers, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | B.A. English and Political Science University of Rhode Island, University of Puget Sound School of Law |
| Genre | fiction, non-fiction |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Website | |
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Career
editVaccarino graduated from the University of Rhode Island, and also has advanced education from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University School of Law).[1]
Vaccarino founded the media company PR for People®, which spun off from Xanthus Communications in 2010. She continues to maintain PR for People as a pro-bono enterprise.[2]
Vaccarino's nonfiction work, The Death of a Library: An American Tragedy, is about the circumstances that led to the demolition of the Yonkers Carnegie Library in 1982.[3][4]
The first book in the Yonkers trilogy, YONKERS Yonkers!: A Story of Race and Redemption, explores the racial past of Yonkers,[5] the Vietnam War, the Woodstock Music Festival, and drug use endemic to Yonkers youth in 1970.[6] The second book in the Yonkers trilogy, The Heart of Yonkers, tackles coming of age pangs.[7]
The third book in the Yonkers trilogy, So Not Yonkers, wrestles with the classism, racism and sexism that is baked into American society.[8] So Not Yonkers is realistic fiction about the working class that examines a grim reality—the world is rigged against everyone who is either poor or from the working class.[9]
Her book Steps: My not-so-secret life as an adult dancer and how it impacts my life and business was inspired by learning ballet.[10][2]
She has written essays to demystify the process of how the news gets made,[11] which ultimately led to the publication of her book American Spin.[12] This nonfiction work examines the history of spin from Julius Caesar, the young Caesar Augustus, and Queen Elizabeth I of England to present day media stars like Kim Kardashian, Lee Radziwill, and the public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy.[13]
Her essay When the Bronx Looks Like Paris drew criticism from Bronx community activists, including Bronx public officials, who claimed she was depicting a negative portrayal of the Bronx.[14]
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- One Small Murder (2010)
- YONKERS Yonkers!: A story of race and redemption (2018)
- The Heart of Yonkers (April 2020)
- So Not Yonkers (April 2023)
Non-fiction
edit- PR for People (2009)
- Steps: My not-so-secret life as an adult dancer and how it impacts my life and business (2012)
- American Spin (2015)
- The Death of a Library: An American Tragedy (2020)
References
edit- ^ DeFalco, Ryan (December 6, 2018). "Thursday Twitter Takeover: Patricia Vaccarino". Young Entertainment Magazine.
- ^ a b Feloni, Richard (February 12, 2014). "The Morning Rituals of Highly Successful Small Business Owners". BusinessInsider.com.
- ^ "Bookmonger: 'The Death of a Library: An American Tragedy'". Discover Our Coast. March 31, 2021.
- ^ "Why Was the Carnegie Library Torn Down?". Yonkers Times. January 17, 2021.
- ^ Garcia, Ernie (June 23, 2018). "Yonkers' racial past explored in young-adult novel". Lohud.
- ^ Fogle De Souza, Rachel (January 24, 2018). "'Yonkers Yonkers!': Patricia Vaccarino's New Book Explores Racial Tensions and Friendship during Woodstock". Book Trib.
- ^ Lloyd McMichael, Barbara (July 2020). "The Bookmonger: 'Heart of Yonkers' tackles coming-of-age pangs". Our Coast Weekend Arts & Entertainment Weekly. Our Coast Magazine.
- ^ McMichael, Barbara Lloyd (May 17, 2023). "Bookmonger: Manzanita author wraps up Yonkers trilogy". Discover Our Coast.
- ^ "The Trust Between the Mainstream Media and the Working Class is Broken". Yonkers Times. May 27, 2023.
- ^ "STEPS by Patricia Vaccarino". Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "Patricia Vaccarino: Public relations without spin". Queen Anne & Magnolia News. Archived from the original on January 28, 2022.
- ^ "Bookmonger: The 21st century landscape of American business". Bellingham Herald.
- ^ BWW News Desk. "Patricia Vaccarino Pens AMERICAN SPIN". BroadwayWorld.com.
- ^ "When the Bronx looks like Paris". Ground Report. October 13, 2013.