William B. Patrick

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Poet

Schenectady, NY

New York US

Email:

caltap@nycap.rr.com

Website:

williampatrickwriter.com

Author's Bio

William B. Patrick is a writer whose works have been published or produced in several genres: creative nonfiction, fiction, screenwriting, poetry, and drama. His most recent book, The Call of Nursing: Voices from the Front Lines of Healthcare, will be available in May, 2013. Saving Troy, his chronicle of a year spent living and riding with professional firefighters and paramedics, was published in 2005.

Publications & Prizes

Books:

Saving Troy: A Year with Firefighters and Paramedics in a Battered City (Hudson Whitman Publishers, 2005)

We Didn't Come Here for This (BOA Editions, Ltd., 1999)

These Upraised Hands (BOA Editions, Ltd., 1995)

Roxa: Voices of the Culver Family (BOA Editions, Ltd., 1989)

Journal:

Southern Review

Prizes won:

National Endowment for the Arts Grant
New York Foundation for the Arts Grant
Massachusetts Arts Council Grant
Virginia C ouncil for the Arts Grant

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Troy

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Last update: May 19, 2014