It wasn’t until she took a nonfiction for adults course at the New School for Social Research taught by the late Russell Freedman, Newbery Medal-winning author of children’s biographies, that she became interested in pursuing a professional writing career. As her children grew older, Hermes returned to her teaching career. Hermes taught school briefly before the couple moved to Delaware and began raising their family, which would grow to include six children. John’s, Hermes met her husband of 28 years, Matthew Hermes, whom she married shortly after graduation. John’s University, where she majored in speech and English and from which she earned a B.A. She developed an early love of music as well, playing classical piano and then, several years later, singing in the choir at St. “I loved to write and was an avid reader when I was a kid,” she told Something About the Author, “just buried in books.” Hermes found herself devoting even more time and attention to these quieter pursuits when she contracted rheumatic fever and was prescribed several months of bed rest. As a child, Hermes enjoyed playing outdoors and was considered a tomboy, but had also already developed a passion for literature. Hermes was born in Queens, New York in 1936, the third of four children of Fred and Jessie (Gould) Martin. Prolific author Patricia Hermes, creator of more than 50 books for children and young adults, died on July 11 at her home in Phoenix.
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