The Flinns--Patricia and Eugene--have written 19 books of fiction, two books of non-fiction, more than 200 short stories published in the United States, Ireland, and Australia, and 16 plays and musicals, including one that received warm praise from Brooks Atkinson, former drama critic for the New York Times after whom a Broadway theater is named. The Flinns live in a 240-year-old house with their three golden retrievers, Guy DeMaupassant, Rabelais, and John Boyle O'Reilly.