With publication of her first novel - Death Stalks Door County - Chicago writer Patricia Skalka makes the gigantic leap from a successful career as a nonfiction writer into the unknown morass of fiction. So far, it's been a lot...  read

Memorial Day is right around the corner, and a week and a day after that is Tuesday Funk. The 70th edition of your favorite eclectic monthly reading series will feature Claire Zulkey, Patricia Skalka, Sara Ross Witt, Theodore Goeglein and...  read

A native Chicagoan, Patricia Skalka grew up reading books from the once-a-week mobile library in her far southeast side neighborhood. Although always a fan of fiction, she spent most of her professional life writing award-winning medical and human interest articles...  read

Our next event, our Chicago Writers Conference Special Edition, will take place Friday, September 14, 2012, at Open Books and will include readings from M. Salahuddin Khan, Rachel Wilson, Patricia Skalka, William Shunn and Mary Robinette Kowal.  read