LittleDog, Pat, 1941-

Novelist, short-story writer, and journalist Pat Ellis Taylor was born June 23, 1941 in Bryan, Texas. She lived in Weisbaden, Germany during her teenage years in the mid to late 1950s. She received her B.A. in 1969 and her M.A. in 1976, both from the University of Texas at El Paso. Her first novel, Border Healing Woman, won a Southwest Book Award in 1981, and her third, Afoot in a Field of Men and Other Stories from Dallas’ East Side, won a Texas Circuit Book Award. In 1991, Taylor changed her named to Pat LittleDog and published In Search of the Holy Mother of Jobs .

From the guide to the Pat LittleDog Papers, 1954-1984, (Southwestern Writers Collection, Special Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos)

The daughter of a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, freelance writer and editor Pat Ellis Taylor was born on June 23, 1941, in Bryan, Texas. Taylor traveled extensively with her family prior to attending the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), earning a B.A. in 1969 and M.A. in 1976. In addition, she pursued a doctoral study at the University of Utah from 1976 to 1978. Pat married Chuck Taylor and later changed her name to Pat LittleDog.

While at UTEP, Taylor became familiar with the Big Bend and Trans-Pecos regions of Texas, recording the oral history of Jewel Babb (b. 1900) of Valentine, Texas. Their conversations about the region’s people, its folklore, and Babb’s healing powers became the basis of Babb and Taylor’s books, Border Healing Woman: The Story of Jewel Babb (1981) and Goat-lore: a Book of Folklore and Folklife from the Rio Grande (1980).

From the guide to the Taylor, Pat Ellis, papers 83-353., 1975-1983, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

Novelist, short-story writer, journalist.

Pat Ellis Taylor took the name Pat LittleDog in 1991.

From the description of Pat LittleDog papers : 1954-[ongoing], (bulk 1954-1992) . (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 26137061

The daughter of a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, freelance writer and editor Pat Ellis Taylor was born on June 23, 1941, in Bryan, Texas.

Taylor traveled extensively with her family prior to attending the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), earning a B.A. in 1969 and M.A. in 1976. In addition, she pursued a doctoral study at the University of Utah from 1976 to 1978. Pat married Chuck Taylor and later changed her name to Pat LittleDog.

While at UTEP, Taylor became familiar with the Big Bend and Trans-Pecos regions of Texas, recording the oral history of Jewel Babb (b. 1900) of Valentine, Texas.

Their conversations about the region's people, its folklore, and Babb's healing powers became the basis of Babb and Taylor's books, Border Healing Woman: The Story of Jewel Babb (1981) and Goat-lore: a Book of Folklore and Folklife from the Rio Grande (1980).

From the description of Taylor, Pat Ellis, papers, 1975-1983 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 773603808