Patrick Jennings (writer)

Patrick Jennings 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. He taught preschool in the United States and Mexico and also worked for Arizona's oldest public library. He has lived and worked in Port Townsend, Washington, since 2001.

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