Patrick Jennings has published thirteen books of fiction for young readers.  His books have earned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus, and The Horn Book, and have been honored by the PEN Center USA, the Junior Library Guild, BookSense, the Chicago Public Library, the Texas Library Association, the editors of Booklist, Smithsonian Magazine, and the Woman’s National Book Association.  His book, Faith and the Electric Dogs, is currently being adapted for the screen.  He has also published short stories for young readers, including “The Guinea Dog,” which won the 2006 Distinguished Achievement Award for Children’s Fiction by the Association of Educational Publishers. 

Patrick studied writing, art, and education at Arizona State University, and cinema and early childhood education at San Francisco State University.  He has worked as an English teacher, a preschool teacher, and a librarian.  He currently writes full time in his home in Port Townsend, Washington. www.patrickjennings.com