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Patricia Mary St. John (5 April 1919 – 15 August 1993) was a British evangelical writer and missionary. She was known as one of the most prolific evangelical writers of fiction in the latter part of the 20th century. She worked for much of her life as a missionary nurse in Morocco. During her time as a house mother at Clarendon School for Girls which was run by her aunt, she wrote Treasures of the Snow and The Tanglewoods' Secret. Her later novels Star of Light and Secret of the Fourth Candle were based on her experiences in Tangiers. She lived for some years until her death in Canley, Coventry in 1993. Early years The third of five children (the others being Farnham, John, Oliver and Hazel), Patricia was born on 5 April 1919 in Hastings, Sussex to Harold (Harry) and Ella St. John nee Swain, shortly after her parents' return from South America (Carangola, Brazil) where they had worked as missionaries for some years. Her older brother, Farnham Allen Rees St. John, was born on 2 June 1918: he also used the name Farnham Allen Rees. From her memories of a year lived in Alpine Switzerland she wrote her second book, Treasures of the Snow. Mission work After completing her school education, Patricia trained to become a nurse during World War II.she was called to help heal the wounded in the war After the war ended she became a house mother at her aunt's boarding school, Clarendon School for Girls, until joining her older brother, Farnham, in Tangiers, Morocco, where he was a missionary doctor after qualifying at the University of Cambridge in 1944. A newspaper interview published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph on 24 October 1978, recalls that her writings - poetry and children's stories - had already earned her some money, so she financed herself while helping her brother. Although initially working with Farnham in the main foreign hospital in Tangier, she later spent five years manning a village clinic in Xauen, or Chaouen, in a more remote area on the coast of Morocco. Eventually, she returned to Tangiers, spending 27 years working as a missionary nurse overseas. Later years St. John lived her later years in Canley, Coventry, where she worshipped at Canley Evangelical Church and ran children's Bible classes from home. She died in Canley on 16 August 1993 as a result of heart problems. She was pre-deceased by her brother, Farnham, who became medical director of Tulloch Memorial Hospital, Tangiers and died in Cambridge on 10 February 1980. Works St. John was known as one of the most prolific British Protestant evangelical writers of fiction in the latter part of the 20th century. Some of her fiction books for children, Treasures of the Snow (1980-3), The Tanglewood's Secret (1980) and have been produced as movies. Biographical Man of Two Worlds: The Life of Ken Moynagh, Henry E. Walter Ltd (1976) (biography of Ken Moynagh) R. Hudson Pope: A Biography, Patricia M. St John, Scripture Union (1967) (biography of R. Hudson Pope) Until the Day Breaks: The Life and Work of Lilias Trotter, Pioneer Missionary to Muslim North Africa, OM Publishing (1990) (biography of Lilias Trotter) Harold St. John, Loizeaux Brothers, 2d ed edition (1962) (biography of her father, Harold "Harry" St. John) Patricia St. John Tells Her Own Story, OM Publishing (1995) (also published as An Ordinary Woman's Extraordinary Faith, and most recently as In Her Words) (autobiography) Fiction The Tanglewood's Secret, Scripture Union (1967, first published 1948) Treasures of the Snow, Scripture Union Publishing (September 1980, first published 1950) Star of Light, Moody Press (July 1995, first published 1953) Rainbow Garden, Moody Press (July 1995) The Mystery of Pheasant Cottage, Moody Press (July 1995) Where the River Begins, Victor Books (March 1987) Three Go Searching, Moody Press, (July 1995) (also published as The Secret Boat, Marshall Pickering, November 1982) The Secret of the Fourth Candle, Moody Press (June 1981) Stories to Share, Shaw (7 March 2000) Nothing Else Matters, Scripture Union (May 2007) (also published as If You Love Me: A Story of Forgiveness) The Runaway, Moody Publishers (8 February 1985) (also published as The Victor) I Needed a Neighbour, Scripture Union Publishing (September 1987) (also published as A Courageous Journey) Twice Freed, Moody Publishers (1 January 1987) (historical fiction) Friska My Friend, Scripture Union (1983, revised 2007, reprinted 2011) Miscellaneous Verses London: CSSM (1953) Breath of Life: The Story of the Ruanda Mission, London: Norfolk Press (1971) Would You Believe It? – You Can Grow to Know God, Marshall Pickering (August 1983) Prayer Is an Adventure, Christian Focus Publications (March 2004) Missing the Way: They Could Not Enter In (How Israel Missed God's Rest), Harvey Christian Publishers (1999) A Missionary Muses on the Creed, Pickering and Inglis (1966) (also published as Life Everlasting) Young Person's Guide to Knowing God, Christian Focus (2000, originally published in 1983 by Pickering and Inglis) Notes. 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Three Go Searching
Patricia St. JohnEveryone knows a person like Waffimischievous, willful, and having a knack for getting others into trouble. David, whose father is a missionary doctor in Africa, is Waffi's friend...
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Star of Light
Patricia St. JohnHamid rubbed the light from his eyes and looked again. He was not dreaming; it was his stepfather!The man watched Kinza as a snake might watch a baby rabbit at play, waiting f...
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Patricia St. John Tells Her Own Story
Patricia St. JohnAnyone who has read Patricia St. John’s books already knows how her stories come alive, and this account of her own life is no exception. Her powers of description make the story l...
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Where The River Begins
Patricia St. JohnA confused and misguided youngster stays with a Christian family while his mother is institutionalized. The family helps him discover the source of the nearby river and the source...
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Flecky und Flauschi
Patricia St. JohnFlecky und Flauschi – das sind die zwei niedlichen Kätzchen, die Mark und Karen gerne hätten. Die beiden sind wie alle Geschwister – sie vertragen sich nicht immer. Als eines Tages...
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Das Geheimnis von Wildenwald
Patricia St. JohnWeil ihre Eltern im Ausland sind, leben Ruth und Philipp bei ihrer Tante, die in der Nähe des Wildenwalds wohnt. Philipp geht es dort ziemlich gut, aber Ruth gefällt es im Haus der...
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Flucht in die Freiheit
Patricia St. JohnOnesimus ist ein Sklave im ersten Jahrhundert – und er kennt nur zwei Wünsche: frei zu sein und Rache zu üben. Eine zarte, aber tiefe Liebe zu Eirene gibt ihm zusätzliche Motivatio...
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Down These Strange Streets
George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green, S.M. Stirling & Carrie VaughnIn this collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things th...
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Hamid und Kinza
Patricia St. JohnMarokko. Hamid und seine kleine, blinde Schwester Kinza flüchten von zu Hause, als der Stiefvater Kinza an einen Bettler verkaufen will. Hamids Ziel ist die Stadt, viele Kilometer ...
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Der verschlossene Garten
Patricia St. JohnEliane, das egoistische, verwöhnte Mädchen aus der Stadt, kommt als Pflegetochter in eine Pfarrfamilie. Dort erlebt sie mit ihren neuen Freunden viele Abenteuer: den Einbruch in da...
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Patricia St. John
Irene HowatPatricia St. John's life is a story in itself but she grew up to become one of the world's bestloved Christian writers for children. After almost being born in the middle of a stor...
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Rainbow Garden
Patricia St. JohnWhen Elaine leaves her home in London to stay with the Owen family in Wales, she feels miserable and left out. It's only the little secret garden that she finds at the end of the ...
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The Secret at Pheasant Cottage
Patricia St. JohnLucy has lived with her grandparents at Pheasant Cottage since she was a little girl, but she has dim memories of someone else. Who was it? What are her grandparents hiding from h...
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Gonzo Girl
Cheryl Della PietraThe road to hell is paved with good intentions…and tequila, guns, and cocaine in this “rambunctiously entertaining” (Teddy Wayne) debut novel inspired by the author’s time as Hunte...
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Treasures of the Snow
Patricia St. JohnA story of vicious revenge and hard repentanceAnnette and Lucien are enemies. After Annette gets Lucien into trouble at school, he decides to get back at her by threatening the mo...