Patsi Bale Cox

Author of "The Garth Factor" published May of 2009

Patsi Bale Cox is the New York Times bestselling co-author of Wynonna Judd, Tanya Tucker, and Loretta Lynn's autobiographies, and two music histories with Country Music Hall of Fame television and radio personality Ralph Emery. She has also written memoirs with talk show host Jenny Jones and ‘70s icon Tony Orlando.

She began her writing career in 1967 as a freelance columnist for Plaza Magazine in Kansas City. In 1974 she founded Colorado Woman Magazine in Denver, which she edited until 1980, when she began work on Rocky Mountain Country, a coffee table country music book. She moved to Nashville in 1983 and started writing for a variety of magazines, record labels and artists.

She has written magazine cover stories and worked with a who's who list of country artists ranging from Johnny Cash and Tammy Wynette to Keith Urban and Patty Loveless. A former magazine editor with BA and MA degrees in history, she served three terms on the National Academy of Recording Arts & Science (NARAS) Grammy liner notes nominating committee. Patsi wrote all label-generated Garth Brooks material throughout his career, and worked with him in 2005 and 2006 creating content for GarthBrooks.com. Her latest book, The Garth Factor, will be published in May, 2009.

She is a past winner of the Colorado Salute to Women Media Award and keynote speaker at the Federal Woman’s Conference.