Patricia Frolander

Patricia Frolander (born 1942) is an American poet originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She was poet laureate of Wyoming from November 7, 2011, to June 9, 2013.

Frolander began writing poetry in the mid-1990s. She has written five poetry collections, In 2011, she won the Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award, sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council.

She owns and lives on their family ranch in Sundance in the Black Hills area of Wyoming, She was widowed in October 2016.