Patrick Jennings (writer)
Patrick Jennings (born February 25, 1962) is an American writer of children's books including picture books, middle-grade fiction, young adult fiction, and short stories. Animals, including pets, often figure in his stories. He is perhaps best known for his series, Guinea Dog, about Fido, a guinea pig that acts like a dog. He has also written humor pieces for Horn Book magazine's Cadenza column, including "Excerpt from the Chocolate Game", which mashes Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games with Roald Dahl's Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.
Jennings was born in Indiana and moved as a teenager to Arizona, where he attended Arizona State University.[1] He taught preschool in the United States and Mexico, and also worked for Arizona's oldest public library.[1] He has lived and worked in Port Townsend, WA, since 2001.[2]
Books[edit]
- Naughty Claudine (Random House, 2017)
- 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[edit]
- ^ a b "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.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Patrick Jennings at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Patrick Jennings at Library of Congress, with 23 library catalog records
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