Patrick LoBrutto (born 1948 in Brooklyn, NY) is an editor, author, anthologist and a past recipient of the World Fantasy Award for editing in 1986. He has worked for Ace Books, Bantam Books, Doubleday, M. Evans, Stealth Press and Kensington among other publishing houses. He has held the position of Editor, Senior Editor and Editor-in-Chief, working with authors like Isaac Asimov, Stephen King, Eric Van Lustbader, Spider Robinson, Walter Tevis (the author of The Hustler and The Color of Money), the Louis L'Amour estate, the Star Wars novelizations, Don Coldsmith, F. Paul Wilson, Joe R. Lansdale, the Dune novels of Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson and Loren Estleman. He is presently an editorial consultant to publishers, agents and authors.