About Latoya
My Story
Latoya Patterson is a Jamaican Canadian author with a passion for writing and a deep love for her Jamaican culture. She has a diverse educational background, holding a Diploma in Teaching from Mico University College, a Bachelor’s in Education from the University of the West Indies, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Children’s Media Production from Centennial College in Canada.
Having grown up in Portland, Jamaica, Latoya developed a natural inclination for writing. During her 16 years as a classroom teacher, she discovered a talent for the performing arts and began curating poems, songs, plays, and dramatic pieces for her students to participate in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) performing arts competition. Her creative works, including both Standard Jamaican English and Jamaican dialect poems and plays, have received recognition and acclaim, earning medals in local and national competitions.
Although Latoya currently resides in Canada, she remains deeply connected to her Jamaican roots and is dedicated to highlighting Jamaican culture through her writing. She aspires to showcase Jamaican culture and capture the essence of her heritage through her creative writing style, incorporating new rhythms and rhymes.
Latoya has authored several children’s picture books including I Wish Mommy Would Come Home, Jamal’s Big Plan and her latest release which is the first in her new series titled“The Adventures of Pat and Blue.” She has also created several activity and coloring books. Latoya has also co-authored a poetry book called Rhymes and Riddims of Jamaica. Furthermore, she is working on completing a Middle-Grade chapter book series set to be released in the later part of 2023.
With her commitment to representation and cultural celebration, Latoya Patterson is making a significant contribution to children’s literature, ensuring that children from diverse backgrounds can see themselves and their cultures reflected in her stories.
Personal Life
Latoya Patterson Books is providing an invaluable contribution to the literary landscape. By creating children’s books that centre around black and Caribbean children as main characters young readers see themselves reflected in the stories they read, as it helps foster a sense of identity, belonging, and empowerment. Representation is incredibly important in literature, especially for children. By incorporating diverse characters and storylines Latoya Patterson Books is ensuring that children from these backgrounds can see themselves as the heroes of their own adventures and magical journeys. These stories can inspire and empower young readers, allowing them to imagine new possibilities and fostering a love for reading and storytelling.
Awards
Best Author Award 2016
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World's #1 Best-selling Book 2014
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NYT Best-selling Author 2013
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"For no one despises or hates or run away from pleasure because it is pleasure, but because great pains follow those who take pleasure by reason."
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For no one despises or hates or runs away from pleasure because it is pleasure, but because great pains result to those who do not know how to follow pleasure with reason. Nor, moreover, is there any one who, because he loves pain, pursues it, wants to gain it, but because such times never occur when he seeks some great pleasure through labor and pain.
