Patricia Lee Gauch

{{short description|American writer}}

Patricia Lee Gauch (born January 3, 1934){{cite web |url= http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/pdf/authordate.pdf |title= Author birthdates |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091222012209/http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/pdf/authordate.pdf |archivedate= 2009-12-22 }} {{small|(63.8 KB)}} is an author who has written over 30 works of children's literature. In 1993, Gauch was inducted into the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame. She has been a resident of the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, New Jersey.Horner, Shirley. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5DD1031F930A35753C1A965958260 "About Books"], The New York Times, October 3, 1993. Retrieved December 19, 2007. "The other inductees are Patricia Lee Gauch of Basking Ridge, who has written more than 30 children's books" She was also publisher of Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Books USA.{{cite web|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/yr/philomel.html|title=Philomel Books|publisher=Penguin Books USA|accessdate=8 February 2010}}