Patti has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers over the past 20 years, and one of her screenplays, Sacrifices of the Heart, was produced by Hallmark in 2007. She has just finished a script about a fictional First Daughter, and is working on another novel titled The Myth of Water. 

She recently started a program of support groups at UCLA for family members of Alzheimer's patients to give people a place in which to share their emotions and struggles. For more information, call 310-825-8253.

Related: Patti Davis: My Body, Then and Now

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