Patricia Beadle writes under her maiden name Patricia Crews. She lives in Northwest Arkansas where she is a retired educator with thirty years of service in public education and currently works for a non-profit K-12 assessment company. She has earned a doctorate degree in Education from Lindenwood University. 

Patricia enjoys writing women's fiction with mix of southern sass and amateur sleuth. When not following her writing passion, she loves to golf with her husband Walter and enjoys time with their four children and three grandchildren.