Patrick Maher (writer)

Patrick Maher (born 1965 in Grand Rapids, Michigan), is an American writer. He has written two books, Candid Confessions and Pleng's Song. A third, Memories of Gaslight, remained unpublished.[1]

Patrick Maher
Born (1965-05-11) May 11, 1965
East Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
GenreFiction
Notable worksCandid Confessions
Pleng's Song

Novels

Maher's first novel, Candid Confessions, reached No. 1 on Amazon Japan's best seller list in 2001.[2] In May 2008 Maher announced another book, Memories of Gaslight, but it remained unpublished.[3]

Maher wrote Pleng's Song, a story about a young girl's adventure in the Bangkok floods. The story was inspired by Maher's personal experience of almost drowning in the 2011 Thailand Floods.[4][5] The book received mostly positive reviews from The Nation (Thailand), The Times of India, República, The Kathmandu Post, Tripoli Post and The Himalayan Times.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] In an interview with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Zee News, Maher said that the book was "never intended to be a flooding adventure".[7][13]

Personal life

Maher grew up in East Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was the son of a pediatric allergist and an emotionally troubled mother.[1] After completing schooling at The Hill School and East Grand Rapids High School, he studied at Skidmore College and Albion College.[1] In 1995, Maher immigrated to Busan, South Korea, then to Hiroshima, and later to Kokura, where he wrote Candid Confessions. Five years later, he moved to Thailand, where he married an insurance agent in 2001.[6] By 2002 he had settled in the Khlong Sam Wa district of Bangkok, where as of 2008 he works as a schoolteacher.[3]

gollark: No, really, look at it.
gollark: There is no native settings - it's pure Lua.
gollark: I doubt it matters. The real issue is that I have absolutely no idea how it's meant to work.
gollark: Yep.
gollark: Unfortunately, environments are hard.

References
  1. Glan, Latshering. "Interview with American Author Patrick Maher". Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  2. Pesapane, Mark. "Candid Confessions Review". Malepig Books. Archived from the original on August 2, 2002. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  3. McGrath, Shelia. "EGR graduate brings his recollections to new novel". Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  4. Bicolmail Contributor. "Gifted American author emerges in Asia". Bicolmail. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  5. Chopra, Rakshit. "Book Review: Pleng's Song by Patrick Maher". Times of India. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  6. Figge, Katrin. "A Coming-of-Age Story Set Amid the Floods of Thailand". Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  7. Stevenson, Luanne. "Interview with Patrick Maher, Author of Pleng's Song". Seattle Post Intelligencer. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  8. Shrestha, Sarah. "Pleng's Song". TheRepublica. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  9. Gautam, Manish. "A little voice in the water". Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  10. "INTERVIEW: Patrick Maher, Author of Pleng's Song: It is the Human Spirit, Resilience What Matters". The Tripoli Post. Archived from the original on September 19, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  11. "Book review: Pleng's adventure will hook readers". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  12. Eckdart, James. "Pleng's excellent flood adventure". The Nation. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  13. "'Pleng's Song' makes children question their lives: Patrick Maher". Zee News. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
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