Patrick is an award-winning author who never writes anything straight down the line. His work includes the Parsec Award-Winning How to Succeed in Evil series and The Merchant Adventurer. Among his influences, Patrick cites such irreconcilables as Richard Stark, Douglas Adams, Mark Helprin, Terry Pratchett, S.J. Perleman, H.L. Mencken, Hafiz, Homer, Georges Simenon and Jorge Luis Borges.
