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. "Patrick Jennings" (biography page among others). Scholastic Teachers (scholastic.com/teachers). Retrieved 2014-08-18.
2. "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