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Patricia V. Davis
Born1956
Occupation Writer Screenwriter
Alma materQueens College, City University of New York
Long Island University CW Post Campus
GenreNon-fiction, fiction
Website
www.patriciavdavis.com

Patricia V. Davis (born March 1956) is an American writer and screenwriter. She founded the online bipartisan publication Harlots’ Sauce Radio.[1]

Biography

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Patricia V. Davis is a graduate of Queens College, City University of New York. She was a student at Long Island University CW Post Campus, Brookville, New York, 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.[2]

When a blog post she had written went viral,[3] her second non-fiction book was born, The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Woman Needs to Know.[4] The book covers everything from appearance, parenthood, break ups with friends, and relating to men.[5]

Davis was invited to attend a women's conference by Maria Shriver, and the only available hotel room was on the RMS Queen Mary.[6] Her experience aboard the ship was the inspiration for The Secret Spice Cafe Trilogy.[7][8] 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.[9] It's about food, ghosts, friends, "and long-ago losses that never quite go away."[10]

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.[11][12][13] [14][15]

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,[16][17] it was distributed by StoneCutter Media in 2024. [18][19][20] 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. [21][22][23][24][25]

Bibliography

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  • Harlot’s Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece (2008) ISBN 978-0981915302
  • The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Woman Needs to Know (2011) ISBN 978-1599554808
  • “Chopin, Fiendishly” (In Tales from the House Band: Volume One 2012) ISBN 978-0984436248
  • Cooking for Ghosts: Book I in “The Secret Spice Café Trilogy (2016) ISBN 978-0989905640
  • Spells and Oregano: Book II in “The Secret Spice Café Trilogy (2017) ISBN 978-0-9899056-8-8
  • Demons Well Seasoned: Book III in "The Secret Spice Cafe Trilogy (2019) ISBN 978-1732064966

Screenwriting

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  • Lyvia’s House. (2024). [Film] Stonecutter Media.IMDB

References

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  1. ^ Nadel, Carine. "Good advice any woman might want". Orange County Register. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "10 Things I'd love to Tell My Younger Self: - ForumGarden". www.forumgarden.com. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  4. ^ Pollard, Nicole 96/25/2011). "The Diva Doctrine Wittily Shares One Woman's Life Experiences[dead link]". Deseret News. Retrieved February 3. 2017.
  5. ^ "THE DIVA DOCTRINE by Patricia V. Davis". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Featured Member Interview - Patricia V. Davis". Women's National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  7. ^ Meurer, Ginger (5 October 2016). "Las Vegas book briefs for Oct. 6-12, 2016". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  8. ^ Karamitsos, Maria (09/28/2016). "Review, Cooking for Ghosts by Patricia V. Davis". Windy City Greek. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  9. ^ Kolias, Georgia (10/10/2016). “Haunted by Family Rejection”. The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  10. ^ Garvin, Ann (09/28/2016). "Bedtime Stories". Washington Independent Review of Books. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  11. ^ CBS News Sacramento (2024-10-31). Sutter County woman wrote, produced new movie "Lyvia’s House". Retrieved 2025-05-02 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ Larson, Vicki (April 25, 2023). ""Former Bay Area resident's dark romantic thriller sheds light on rural, agricultural California"". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved April 25, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Macoproject Film Festival Interviews Lyvia's House Filmmaker Patricia V. Davis". macofilm.org. July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Moeller, Kayla (October 31, 2024). ""Sutter County woman's thriller movie with local cast, crew hits streaming platforms"". CBS News. Retrieved October 31, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "ABC10's Mark S. Allen previews horror movie 'Lyvia's House' filmed in Sutter County". abc10.com. 2024-10-01. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  16. ^ "Niko Volonakis | Director, Actor, Camera and Electrical Department". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  17. ^ Zachariadi, Eirini (2023-09-21). "Director Volonakis' Lyvia's House, Produced by St. D Alumni, Screens Sept. 28 at MoMI". The National Herald. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  18. ^ "Full Circle: Indie Film Reconnects a Filmmaker with His Former Teacher-Turned Screenwriter – NEO Magazine". Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  19. ^ "Joshua Malekos, Tara Nichol Caldwell, and Patricia V. Davis open the door to 'Lyvia's House'". abc10.com. 2024-10-02. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  20. ^ "Exclusive Lyvia's House Trailer Sets Release Date for Mystery Thriller". Yahoo Entertainment. 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  21. ^ Pond, Steve (2024-01-08). "Only 265 of the 321 Oscar-Qualifying Films This Year Are Eligible for Best Picture". TheWrap. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  22. ^ Kouremenos, Achilleas (2023-10-04). "Sold-Out Screening of Lyvia's House at the Museum of the Moving Image". The National Herald. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  23. ^ Sutton, Shamaya (2023-02-09). "Indie film premiere sells out the Sutter Theater Center in Yuba City". Appeal-Democrat. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  24. ^ "LYVIA'S HOUSE (2024) Film Review – the WORD". hunterword.com. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  25. ^ "LOST AND FOUND: LYVIA'S HOUSE (REVIEW)". NightTide Magazine. 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
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