Patrick Clarke is an independent novelist from Adelaide South Australia. His work draws as heavily on punk and alternative rock influences as it does on literature. As a young man, he turned to creativity to escape the confines of a working class upbringing, playing guitar in garages with other long-haired yobs. Although music remains a passion, he quickly realised prose fiction was where his true talent lay and he has pursued it ever since. These days he is most often to be found in a quiet corner with his notebooks, although he does have a habit of playing guitar far too loud when he's supposed to be writing.
