Patrick O'Leary (writer)

For the Australian poet and journalist, see P. I. O'Leary.

Patrick O'Leary (Saginaw, Michigan, September 13, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author and ad copy writer.

Patrick O'Leary
Born	(1952-09-13) September 13, 1952 (age 72) Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.

Life and work

O'Leary's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series.^[1] He wrote the poem "Nobody Knows It But Me" which was used in the popular 2002 advertising campaign for the Chevrolet Tahoe and read in the commercial by James Garner.

Works

• Door Number Three (1995)
• The Gift (1998) – nominated for the World Fantasy Award
• Other Voices, Other Doors (collection) (2000)
• The Impossible Bird (2002)
• "The Cane" (2007) Published in Postscripts 12
• The Black Heart (2009)
• "51" (2022)

References

1. "Michigan Writers Series". Michigan State University Libraries. Retrieved 2012-07-15.

External links

• O'Leary's Tumblr page
• "Nobody Knows It But Me" at Everything2
• Excerpts from interview in Locus (September 1999)
• Patrick O'Leary at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• O'Leary's substack page