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

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

^ ^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.