Introduction
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau (born March 8, 1970 in Westfield, New Jersey) is an American author, speaker, cultural commentator, and podcaster. Having earned her bachelor's degree from Rutgers University, and her master's degree in English Literature from Seton Hall University, Patrick-Goudreau uses her writing and oratory skills to advocate veganism as a means by which to prevent cruelty to animals.
Books
Patrick-Goudreau is the author of several popular books, including The Joy of Vegan Baking, which won VegNews magazine’s “Cookbook of the Year” Award, The Vegan Table, and Color Me Vegan. Her first non-cookbook, The Vegan's Daily Companion: 365 Days of Tips and Inspiration for Cooking, Eating, and Living Compassionately, was released in 2011. The Daily Vegan: A Guided Journal is a book adapted from Vegan's Daily Companion and was published, along with the four others, by Rockport Publishing.
Her fifth book entitled The 30-Day Vegan Challenge®: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Cleaner, Getting Leaner, and Living Compassionately was published by Random House/Ballantine Books, but is now out of print.
Patrick-Goudreau’s sixth and seventh books were published independently by Montali Press: On Being Vegan: Reflections on a Compassionate Life and The 30-Day Vegan Challenge® (New Edition): The Ultimate Guide to Eating Healthfully and Living Compassionately.
Multimedia
The 30-Day Vegan Challenge is also an online multimedia program that’s been featured in a number of major media outlets, including Bust Magazine, Care2.com, and Men’s Fitness.
Patrick-Goudreau also produces a popular podcast called "Food for Thought," She also produces videos on her YouTube Channel: JoyfulVegan.
Articles, essays, and editorials
Patrick-Goudreau has appeared on The Food Network and is a contributor to "Perspectives," the editorial program produced by her local NPR affiliate KQED-FM. Until 2011, Patrick-Goudreau was a long-time columnist for VegNews magazine with her popular column VegGuru.
Patrick-Goudreau has published dozens of articles and essays in a variety of publications, including The Christian Science Monitor.
Patrick-Goudreau has appeared on national and regional TV programs, including the Food Network, CBS, PBS, and FOX.
Patrick-Goudreau was one of several people who provided information used in the writing of the book Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism (2008) by Mark Hawthorne. She has contributed essays to Running, Eating, Thinking: A Vegan Anthology.
Personal background
Patrick-Goudreau is a supporter of Farm Sanctuary.