Patrick Jennings (writer)
Patrick Jennings (born February 25, 1962) is an American writer of children's books including science fiction and animal fantasy.
Jennings was born in Indiana and moved as a teenager to Arizona, where he attended Arizona State University.[1] He taught school in the United States and Mexico, and also worked for Arizona's oldest public library.[1] Some of his stories are set in Port Townsend, Washington, where he lived as of June 2012.[2]
Books
- Hissy Fitz (Egmont USA, 2015)
- Guinea Dog 3 (Egmont USA, 2014)
- Odd, Weird, & Little (Egmont USA, 2014)
- Guinea Dog 2 (Egmont USA, September 2013)
- My Homework Ate My Homework (Egmont USA, 2013)
- Invasion of the Dognappers (Egmont USA, 2012); retitled Dognap for paperback edition, 2013
- Bat & Rat (Abrams, 2012)
- Lucky Cap (Egmont USA, 2011)
- Guinea Dog (Egmont USA, 2010)
- We Can’t All Be Rattlesnakes (HarperCollins, 2009)
- Barb & Dingbat's Crybaby Hotline (Holiday House, 2007)
- Wish Riders (Hyperion, 2006)
- Out Standing in My Field (Scholastic Press, 2005)
- The Wolving Time (Scholastic Press, 2003)
- The Ears of Corn: an Ike and Mem Story (Holiday House, 2003)
- The Lightning Bugs: an Ike and Mem Story (Holiday House, 2003)
- Weeping Willow: an Ike and Mem Story (Holiday House, 2002)
- The Tornado Watches: an Ike and Mem Story (Holiday House, 2001)
- The Bird Shadow: an Ike and Mem Story (Holiday House, 2001)
- The Beastly Arms (Scholastic Press, 2001)
- Putnam & Pennyroyal (Scholastic Press, 1999)
- Faith and the Rocket Cat (Scholastic Press, 1998)
- Faith and the Electric Dogs (Scholastic Press, 1996)
References
- 1 2 "Patrick Jennings" (biography page among others). Scholastic Teachers (scholastic.com/teachers). Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- ↑ "PENINSULA PROFILE: Children's author encourages students to find their muses". Diane Urbani de la Paz. Peninsula Daily News (Olympic Peninsula, Washington). Last modified June 30, 2012. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/issue/best-of-2014/section/children/?page=7 http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2014/12/06/the-best-books/OEl8OYXyz5Rcpc4AJHTsOO/story.html
External links
- Official website
- Patrick Jennings at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Patrick Jennings at Library of Congress Authorities, with 23 catalog records
- https://twitter.com/thehissyfitz
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