Writings, correspondence, editorial records, book promotion and distribution records, research files, project files, event records, computer files, photographs, video recordings, and other materials documenting the career of Patricia Nell Warren, primarily from 1971-2011. Warren is a noted activist for human rights, free speech, and youth-oriented causes, but is best known for her eight acclaimed novels, especially her bestselling novel The Front Runner.

Patricia Nell Warren was born in 1936 and grew up on the Grant Kohrs cattle ranch near Deer Lodge, Montana. She has been writing professionally since she was a teenager in the 1950s, and a publishing professional since 1959. She moved to New York in 1955 to attend Manhattanville College. Warren landed a job at Reader's Digest where she worked as a copy editor, 1959-1964, and book editor, 1964-1980.

73.3 linear feet. 67 boxes.

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