Patrick Gale

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Patrick Gale (born 1962, Isle of Wight) is a British author who lives in Cornwall. His father was the prison governor of Camp Hill Prison on the Isle of Wight when Gale was born, and he was brought up in and around prisons.

Gale was educated at The Pilgrims' School, the choir college for both Winchester Cathedral and Winchester College, then at Winchester College and at New College, Oxford. Following university he had a range of jobs while he sang for the London Philharmonic Choir and wrote his first novel, The Aerodynamics of Pork while working as a waiter in an all-night restaurant.

[edit] Novels

The Aerodynamics of Pork (1985)
Ease (1985)
Kansas in August (1987)
Facing the Tank (1988)
Little Bits of Baby (1989)
The Cat Sanctuary (1990)
The Facts of Life (1996)
Dangerous Pleasures (1996)
Tree Surgery for Beginners (1999)
Rough Music (2000)
A Sweet Obscurity (2003)
Friendly Fire (2005)
Notes from an Exhibition (2007)

He has also written a number of short stories and novellas in addition to a non-fiction book about the American novelist Armistead Maupin, with whom he has a close friendship, and being a book reviewer for The Daily Telegraph.