Patricia Arrigoni

Patricia Arrigoni is a travel writer, book author, newspaper columnist and photographer. Her books have included a guide on Marin County, California titled Making the Most of Marin (three editions and five printings); a children’s book, Harpo, the Baby Harp Seal (which had outstanding national reviews and was featured on the cover of Publishers Weekly; Whistles, Smoke and Steam, a train travel adventure guide written with her husband, Peter Arrigoni; and her latest, The Marine Mammal Center, How It All Began, Recollections of one of the Founders.

Arrigoni also wrote a novel which was made into a two hour movie-of-the-week titled Silent Predators (original idea by Fred Brown), which was produced by Ted Turner and shown on Turner Broadcasting over fifty times before being sold to Hallmark Entertainment for worldwide distribution.

She produced a fifty–six minute DVD titled Old-Fashioned Fun on Route 66 and a nine minute film on The Marine Mammal Center, both edited by Tom Caudle.

Arrigoni’s travel writing has been published in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States and syndicated by Gannett News Service, Copley News Service and Creators News Service.

Patricia Arrigoni graduated from Dominican University of California with a BA degree in English/Art/American Literature.