Patrick Jennings (writer)

Patrick Jennings (born February 25, 1962) is an American writer of children's books including picture books, middle-grade fiction, young adult fiction, and short stories. Animals, including pets, often figure in his stories. He is perhaps best known for his series, Guinea Dog, about Fido, a guinea pig that acts like a dog. He has also written humor pieces for Horn Book magazine's Cadenza column, including "Excerpt from the Chocolate Game", which mashes Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games with Roald Dahl's Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.

Jennings was born in Indiana and moved as a teenager to Arizona, where he attended Arizona State University.^[1] He taught preschool in the United States and Mexico and also worked for Arizona's oldest public library.^[1] He has lived and worked in Port Townsend, Washington, since 2001.^[2]

Books

• Naughty Claudine (Random House, 2017)
• Hissy Fitz (Egmont USA, 2015)
• Guinea Dog 3 (Egmont USA, 2014)
• Odd, Weird, & Little (Egmont USA, 2014)
• Guinea Dog 2 (Egmont USA, September 2013)
• My Homework Ate My Homework (Egmont USA, 2013)
• Invasion of the Dognappers (Egmont USA, 2012); retitled Dognap for paperback edition, 2013
• Bat & Rat (Abrams, 2012)
• Lucky Cap (Egmont USA, 2011)
• Guinea Dog (Egmont USA, 2010)
• We Can’t All Be Rattlesnakes (HarperCollins, 2009)
• Barb & Dingbat's Crybaby Hotline (Holiday House, 2007)
• Wish Riders (Hyperion, 2006)
• Out Standing in My Field (Scholastic Press, 2005)
• The Wolving Time (Scholastic Press, 2003)
• The Ears of Corn: an Ike and Mem Story (Holiday House, 2003)
• The Lightning Bugs: an Ike and Mem Story (Holiday House, 2003)
• Weeping Willow: an Ike and Mem Story (Holiday House, 2002)
• The Tornado Watches: an Ike and Mem Story (Holiday House, 2001)
• The Bird Shadow: an Ike and Mem Story (Holiday House, 2001)
• The Beastly Arms (Scholastic Press, 2001)
• Putnam & Pennyroyal (Scholastic Press, 1999)
• Faith and the Rocket Cat (Scholastic Press, 1998)
• Faith and the Electric Dogs (Scholastic Press, 1996)