Patricia Billings is a publisher, editor, and writer specializing in bilingual and translated literature. She is the writer of Empathy and cowriter of Friends, Sharing and Love , published in English and 17 bilingual editions by Milet Publishing. She is Editorial Director of the Milet Turkish Literature Series, a collection of novels and anthologies translated from Turkish into English. She cofounded Milet and codirected the company for 15 years, in London, Izmir, and Chicago, helping to grow it into a leading multilingual publisher. Prior to this, Patricia worked in Washington, DC, with human rights and antiracism organizations, where her jobs included advocacy, policy, and media analysis, as well as publishing. She was also an editor at The Jordan Times newspaper in Amman. Patricia is a Trustee of the organization Outside In World, which promotes children's literature in translation, and a Board Member and Judge of the Social Impact Media Awards.