

I’ve been reading Patrick’s work for over a decade, now, and highly recommend it to anyone! In this interview, he details his journey from his childhood in Africa, to his earning a doctorate in physics, to his being accepted to and attending Clarion West. He and I sat down to talk over Skype about his new book, and also about building a life as an author. These days both Patrick and his wife, Stephanie Burgis, work full time as authors and support their young family in Wales. It’s got high adventure, action, mystery, dinosaurs, and of course, dragons. This pulp adventure is set in the Regency era, in a British colony on Mars. Now he’s got his first novel out, Secrets of the Dragon Tomb. Patrick Samphire has already had a long and impressive career as a short story author.
