Patrick L Washington is the seventh child of the late Sammy Lee Washington, and Patricia Washington. He was raise in the small town of Springfield, South Carolina, which is located...view morePatrick L Washington is the seventh child of the late Sammy Lee Washington, and Patricia Washington. He was raise in the small town of Springfield, South Carolina, which is located outside the city of Orangeburg. Patrick received his high school education from Hunter Kinard Tyler High School, located from just a few miles from where he was raise. Patrick fell in love with writing when he was doing research on a career, for an 8th grade English project. It fueled Patrick to write over 4000 poems and finish first in the SC Art Commission short story contest. Patrick is currently pursuing a degree in Liberal Arts. Patrick is a deacon in training in his local church. He also is a Sunday school and Bible study teacher. Patrick L Washington also has been published in a number of anthologies, post cards and his poems even saved a relationship. Patrick lives by the scripture found in Proverbs 18: 16 “A man’s gift maketh room for him and bringth him before great men”. He and his wife live in Simpsonville, South Carolina.view less