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About the Retreat DirectorPATRICK SWENSON
Patrick's new novel is The Ultra Long Goodbye, the 3rd book in the Union of Worlds trilogy. Rain Music, a dark fantasy with ghosts, music, and magic, set on the Olympic Peninsula, at the very site of the Rainforest Writers Village retreat, was published in 2021. 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, which began in 1995 and ended with its 39th issue in 2009. In 2000, he 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 Unfettered III, Unbound II, Gunfight on Europa Station, Seasons Between Us, Like Water for Quarks, Madame President, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, and others. He has been a high school teacher for 38 years, and is the proud poppa of Artemis, age 21, who does some art now and then for Fairwood Press. Patrick's author site is at patrickswenson.net. Find him on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (icons on the left). |