Katara Washington Patton

Katara Washington Patton is a best-selling author, a devotional writer, and executive editor of the VOICES book line at Our Daily Bread Ministries. She graduated summa cum laude from Dillard University and earned a Master of Journalism at Northwestern University and a Master of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, where she received the outstanding preaching award. Katara studied youth development, wrote curriculum for youth, and served as a youth Sunday school teacher and youth ministry mentor. A native of Louisiana, she has resided in Chicago for the past thirty years. Katara enjoys spending time with her husband, Derrick, and their daughter, Kayla. She loves a good Zumba class and a challenging game of Scrabble.