Patrick Dearen
| Patrick March Dearen | |
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Western author Patrick Dearen (April 2014)
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May 1, 1951 Sterling City, Sterling County, Texas, United States |
| Residence | Midland, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Author |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Gilda Dearen |
| Children | Wesley Joseph Dearen |
| Website | http://patrickdearen.com/ |
Patrick March Dearen (born May 1, 1951) is an author of 20 books of western fiction and history. His newest release, the 2012 novel, To Hell or the Pecos, is set along a desolate 79-mile section of the Butterfield Trail in the Pecos River country of West Texas.To Hell or the Pecos is the 2014 winner of the Elmer Kelton Book Award from the West Texas Historical Association.
Dearen was born and reared in Sterling City, Texas, between San Angelo and Big Spring. His father, Delbert Dearen (1912-1998), and his mother, the former Thyra Violet Sparkman (1918-1974), are interred at Montvale Cemetery in Sterling City.
Dearen graduated in 1969 from Sterling City High School, where one of his teachers had encouraged him in January 1966, while in his freshman year, to consider a career in writing. In 1974, he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. His mother, Thyra, died that same year at the age of 56. At her encouragement, young Dearen read Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes that also played a role in his interest in becoming a writer. He won nine national and state awards as a reporter for two daily newspapers, including the San Angelo Standard-Times and the Midland Reporter-Telegram, of which his wife, Mary Gilda Dearen (born circa 1955), is the managing editor.
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