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Patrick Cave

Patrick Cave (born October 1965) is a British novelist and hypnotherapist.

Patrick Cave
BornOctober 1965 (age 59)
Bath, England
OccupationNovelist, comedy writer, teacher, pub manager, hynotherapist
GenreThriller, Science fiction

Biography

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Patrick Cave was born in Bath, England. He attended boarding school for seven years, during which he developed a love of music and of cross-country running. After obtaining his degree and a teaching certificate, he taught for ten years.

He then travelled around Europe[1] and began writing books to support himself while in France.[2]

Cave has always loved children's fiction, stating 'who could possibly understand the world better than children?'[1] He believes that his readers bring their own meaning to his books and with all the ingredients of excitement, suspense, catharsis, and escapism present in the story, there is no one "message".[3] One of his favorite writers is K.M. Peyton.[3]

Publications

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  1. Number 99[4]
  2. Last Chance[5]
  3. Sharp North[6]
  4. Blown Away[7]
  5. The Selected[8]
  6. Your Life does not Exist[9]
  7. Dying of Exposure (with Sophia Sheney)[10]

Reception of works

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Cave's works have received favourable reviews.[11][12][13][14][15]

Blown Away was shortlisted in The Guardian's 2006 children's fiction prize, where it was described as 'a thought-provoking novel about how individuals and societies survive when science creates new possibilities that threaten them'.[16]

Hypnotherapy

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Cave has trained as a hynotherapist and works in Bath and London. He is also a member of the Association of NLP Professionals.[17]

Personal life

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Cave has three children. He is a Taoist.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b [1] Oxford University Press
  2. ^ a b "Patrick Cave - writer, teacher, human being". Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011. Patrick Cave Website Bio
  3. ^ a b "Patrick Cave - writer, teacher, human being". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011. Patrick Cave Website FAQ
  4. ^ "Number 99". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Last Chance by Patrick Cave". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. ^ Cave, Patrick (22 December 2009). Sharp North. ISBN 978-1-4169-1223-1.
  7. ^ GoodReads websute
  8. ^ Cave, Patrick (20 July 2010). The Selected. ISBN 978-1-4169-1573-7.
  9. ^ GoodReads website
  10. ^ Amazon website
  11. ^ Anderson, Hephzibah (24 October 2004). "Not just for nostalgics". The Observer. Guardian News and Media Ltd. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Sharp North by Patrick Cave". www.serendipityreviews.co.uk. Serendipity Reviews. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  13. ^ Russell Williams, Imogen (17 April 2010). "Stories played out in games". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Ltd. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  14. ^ "The Selected". www.publishersweekly.com. PWxyz LLC. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  15. ^ "The Selected". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  16. ^ Eccleshare, Julia (9 September 2006). "Far and Wide". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Ltd. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  17. ^ ANLP website, Retrieved 2023-05-10
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