Patrick Swenson

→ Biography

Patrick Swenson’s newest novel is The Ultra Long Goodbye, the third novel in the Union of Worlds trilogy. Standalone novel Rain Music, a dark fantasy with ghosts, music, and magic, is set on the Olympic  Peninsula, at the very site of the Rainforest Writers Village retreat.  His first novel, The Ultra Thin Man, appeared from Tor Books. The sequel, The Ultra Big Sleep, debuted soon after. He was the editor and publisher of Talebones, then began Fairwood Press, a book line, which is still running. He’s a graduate of the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop. He has sold short fiction to Unavowed, Unfettered III, Unbound II, Gunfight on Europa Station, Seasons Between Us, Glen Must Die, Like Water for Quarks, Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine, and others. He was a high school teacher, and is the proud poppa of Artemis, who does some art now and then for Fairwood Press.

Patrick is represented by Paul Lucas of  Regal Hoffman & Associates.

 

→ Interviews

For interviews conducted for the publication of The Ultra Thin Man, see Appearances.

Interview at Science Fiction and Other Oddyseys, July 14, 2010

Interview transcript at Long Ridge Writers, January 2, 2004

 

→ Online

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Rainforest Writers Village http://www.rainforestwriters.com

 

→ Author Photo

Permission is granted to use the following photograph for promotional or press purposes. (Courtesy of Patrick Swenson)