Patrick Roscoe was born on the Spanish island of Formentera. He is the author of seven previous novels and short-story collections published between 1990 and 2001. His widely published and anthologized fiction has won two Western Magazine Gold Medal Awards and a National Magazine Award, among others; his short fiction has also received a pair of Distinguished Story citations from Best American Stories and is frequently selected for Best Canadian Stories.Patrick Roscoe currently divides his time between Canada, Spain, Mexico, and North Africa, but makes his home in Vancouver.
