Patrick Kendrick is an award-winning author of several thrillers, including: Papa's Problem, a Florida Book Award and Hollywood Film Festival Award winner. His title, Extended Family, earned a starred review from Booklist. Patrick's newest crime thriller, Acoustic Shadows, was published by HarperCollins in June and is a Royal Palm Literary Award Finalist. The Savants, a sci-fi/political thriller is his first foray into the YA realm, and is published by Suspense Publishing. A former firefighter and freelance journalist, he lives in Florida close to the sea.