Patricia V. Davis (born March 21, 1956) is an American writer and screenwriter. She founded the online bipartisan publication Harlots’ Sauce Radio.
Biography Patricia V. Davis is a graduate of Queens College, City University of New York. She also studied at LIU Post in Brookville, where she added to her existing master's degree in creative writing and education.
She married a Greek national and moved with him to Athens, Greece, where she lived for seven years before returning to the US. Their tumultuous relationship, divorce, and her eventual empowerment led to her memoir: Harlot's Sauce: a Memoir of Food, Family, Love and Loss and Greece.Ashley, Beth (11/04/08). "San Anselmo Woman Reflects on her Years in Greece, a Faltering Marriage and how she Found Herself". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
When a blog post she had written went viral, her second non-fiction book was born, The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Woman Needs to Know.Pollard, Nicole 96/25/2011). "The Diva Doctrine Wittily Shares One Woman's Life Experiences". Deseret News. Retrieved February 3. 2017. The book covers everything from appearance, parenthood, break ups with friends, and relating to men.
Davis was invited to attend a women's conference by Maria Shriver, and the only available hotel room was on the RMS Queen Mary. Her experience aboard the ship was the inspiration for The Secret Spice Cafe Trilogy.Karamitsos, Maria (09/28/2016). "Review, Cooking for Ghosts by Patricia V. Davis". Windy City Greek. Retrieved February 3, 2017. This series is the ongoing story of four diverse women who meet online and decide to open a restaurant together aboard the historic RMS Queen Mary.Kolias, Georgia (10/10/2016). “Haunted by Family Rejection”. The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 31, 2017. It's about food, ghosts, friends, "and long-ago losses that never quite go away."Garvin, Ann (09/28/2016). "Bedtime Stories". Washington Independent Review of Books. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
Davis relocated to the agricultural Sutter County, California, to live near a rice farm which has been owned and operated by her husband's family since the 1800s.
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down bookshops, she utilized the opportunity to write a screenplay set in the area. Struck by her discovery of serial killings that had been perpetuated in orchards not far from her new rural home, yet in love with the pastoral splendor of the rural area, she came up with a script that comprised both the beautiful and the profane, Lyvia's House, an indie psychological thriller.
Making new connections in her community and reigniting contact with students from her previous life as a teacher, Davis not only wrote the screenplay, she produced it. Directed by Greek filmmaker, Niko Volonakis, it was distributed by StoneCutter Media in 2024. The film sold out screenings, garnered rave reviews, brought recognition to the agricultural community of Nicolaus, California, and was one of 321 qualified films eligible for an Academy Award nomination, along with many other awards.
Bibliography Harlot’s Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece (2008) The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Woman Needs to Know (2011) “Chopin, Fiendishly” (In Tales from the House Band: Volume One 2012) Cooking for Ghosts: Book I in “The Secret Spice Café Trilogy (2016) Spells and Oregano: Book II in “The Secret Spice Café Trilogy (2017) Demons Well Seasoned: Book III in "The Secret Spice Cafe Trilogy (2019)
Screenwriting Lyvia’s House. (2023). [Film] Stonecutter Media.IMDB
References
External links Official website Female Fire Blog Lyvia's House