Pam Keaton lives in southwestern Ohio where she owns and operates a real estate appraisal business.  She has a degree in business and enjoys remodeling run-down houses and refinishing old furniture, but these days she is spending more and more time behind  an easel and a laptop chasing old dreams.

Pam has been creating artwork as well as writing poetry and short stories since high school some twenty years ago (eek!) and has the yellowing spiral-bound notebooks and sketchpads to prove it.  Although she has produced a good bit of commissioned art over the years, her literary work has been kept relatively private until recently.  Pam was thrilled to have one of her short stories, "Roadtrip to Albany", included in The Zinnia Tales, a collection of short stories released in October, 2006, by Mountain Girl Press. (See article below)   Another of her short stories, "The Baker's Cabinet", was included in Self-Rising Flowers also by Mountain Girl Press and released in October of 2007.

Also, check out Secrets, Lies, & Pies by Lisa Hall.  Pam is excited to have done the artwork for the cover of this captivating story of gossip in a small town.  In May of 2008 the sequel Cheaters, Pies, & Lullabies  also has Pam's artwork on the cover.  These books as well as the others noted above can be purchased through www.mountaingirlpress.com as well as other standard booksellers.

To see a television interview with the author, Lisa Hall, please click here http://www.tricitiesblogs.com/cablecountry/comments/secrets_lies_and_pies/ 

In 2008, Southern State Community College purchased one of Pam's original pieces "Weslie's Hands" for their permanent art collection.  That piece can be seen in the "oils" page of this website. 

Pam is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the Brown County Writer's Group in Mt. Orab, Ohio.  She has recently finished and submitted for possible publication her first mid-grade fictional novel.  She also has plans to convert several of her autobiographical short stories into children's books including her own illustrations.