Patrick Cave

Patrick Cave
Born October 1965 (1965-10) (age 51)
Bath, England
Occupation Novelist, Comedy Writer, Teacher, Pub Manager
Nationality Britain
Genre Thriller, Science fiction

Patrick Cave (born October 1965) is a British novelist.

Biography

Patrick Cave was born in Bath, England. He has tried his hand at lots of jobs and lived all over the place, from Athens to Peckham, mostly teaching English.[1] He attended boarding school for seven years, during which he developed a love of music and of cross-country running and gained some spectacular exam failures. After obtaining his degree and a teaching certificate, he taught for ten years. Cave began writing books when faced with pressing financial need in the French countryside.[2] A taoist by inclination, he also manages/sound-engineers in a live-music pub and lives on a boat.[2] He has three children. He is currently training to become a healer.

Cave has always loved children's fiction, stating 'who could possibly understand the world better than children?' [1] He believes that his readers bring their own meaning to his books and with all the ingredients of excitement, suspense, catharsis, and escapism present in the story, there is no one "message".[3] One of his favorite writers is K.M. Peyton.[3]

He is concentrating on comedy writing at the moment.

Publications

  1. Number 99
  2. Last Chance
  3. Sharp North
  4. Blown Away
  5. The Selected

Reception of works

Hephzibah Anderson of The Observer described Sharp North as 'a taught thriller...' and also that 'the novel frequently skids towards melodrama, but an atmospheric backdrop lends Cave's world a completeness that keeps it on track.'[4] Vivienne Dacosta of Serendipity Reviews found that 'The first fifty pages of this book were really a drag.' but then 'the story took a different turn and I was completely hooked'[5]

Imogen Russell Williams of The Guardian talking of her enjoyment of 'reading fantasy and SF novels in which protagonists are playing for the biggest stake of all: their lives.', praised Blown Away as featuring 'one of the most inventive and difficult game sequences I've read.'[6] It was also shortlisted in The Guardian's 2006 children's fiction prize, where it was described as 'a thought-provoking novel about how individuals and societies survive when science creates new possibilities that threaten them.'[7]

Kirkus concluded its review of The Selected by stating 'Constantly gripping, always fascinating and completely compelling.',[8] while Publishers Weekly said 'this can be read as a standalone novel, offering a potent message about confronting the chilling effects of abusive power.'[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Oxford University Press
  2. 1 2 Patrick Cave Website Bio
  3. 1 2 Patrick Cave Website FAQ
  4. ↑ Anderson, Hephzibah (24 October 2004). "Not just for nostalgics". The Observer. Guardian News and Media Ltd. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sharp North by Patrick Cave". www.serendipityreviews.co.uk. Serendipity Reviews. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Russell Williams, Imogen (17 April 2010). "Stories played out in games". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Ltd. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Eccleshare, Julia (9 September 2006). "Far and Wide". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Ltd. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "The Selected". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Selected". www.publishersweekly.com. PWxyz LLC. Retrieved 23 March 2015.


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