An Evening with Patty Prewitt

Join Double Dog Bookshop for an compelling conversation about wrongful conviction with Greenwood, Missouri-based author, Patty Prewitt. Ticket Options • Individual: Admission for one, including one copy of Catching Lightning. • Package: Admission for two, including one copy of Catching Lightning. • General Admission About Patty Prewitt Patty Prewitt went to prison in 1986 for a murder she did not commit. She and her supporters fought for justice every day of her incarceration. Governor Parson freed her on December 20, 2024—she hit the ground running. Patty's first memoir, Trying to Catch Lightning in a Jar, chronicling the first 20 years of her incarceration, was published just months after her release. In December 2025, she completed her bachelor’s at Washington University St. Louis, and this spring she published her second memoir, Catching Lightning, about the second half of her imprisonment and release. She has also published a children’s book, A Little Person Like You Whose Mommy Goes to Prison. Patty is currently working on two poetry books and a Spanish translation of her children’s book.