ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Patrick is the author of Rain Music, a dark fantasy with ghosts, music, and magic set on the Olympic Peninsula at the site where he runs the yearly Rainforest Writers Village writing retreat. His first novel, The Ultra Thin Man, appeared from Tor Books. The sequel, The Ultra Big Sleep, debuted soon after, and the final book in the trilogy, The Ultra Long Goodbye, debuted in 2023. He was the editor and publisher of Talebones magazine, which began in 1995 and ended with its 39th issue in 2009. In 2000, he began Fairwood Press (fairwoodpress.com), which has published over 120 book titles to date. He’s a graduate of the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop. He has sold short fiction to Unfettered III, Unbound II, Gunfight on Europa Station, Seasons Between Us, Crooked V.2, Like Water for Quarks, Madam President, and others. He has been a high school teacher for 38 years, and is the proud poppa of Artemis, a budding designer and artist who does some art now and then for Fairwood Press. You can find out more about Patrick at patrickswenson.net.