Author of 59 published works including The Jade Owl Legacy series. Recently Published - Master Wu's Bride - Little Vin of Dreamland - Adventures of Lord Belmundus (15 Books) -The Six Bells of Madame Lin
Author Edward C. Patterson has been writing novels, short fiction, poetry and drama his entire life, always seeking the emotional core of any story he tells. He has currently 57 published books. He is known for spinning magical and fantasy yarns grounded in history and favors epic tales revealed in books series. His flagship works are The Jade Owl Legacy Series, The Southern Swallow Series, The Farn Trilogy and the Nick Firestone Mysteries.
In many of Patterson's novels, he combines an imaginative touch with his life long devotion to China and its history, having earned an MA in Chinese History from Brooklyn College with further postgraduate work at Columbia University. This background is the cornerstone for The Jade Owl Legacy, The Southern Swallow Series and Master Wu's Bride, works drawing on Sung and Ming Dynasty History and Culture. History has played a major part in the coming of age tale Little Vin at Dreamland.
Patterson's military experience is reflected in such works as Surviving an American Gulag, The Road to Grafenwoehr and Pacific Crimson - Forget Me Not. His gay life-way and work in diversity is reflected in his novellas No Irish Need Apply, Cutting the Cheese, Bobby's Trace and Mother Asphodel; and in larger works - Turning Idolater and Look Away Silence.
A native of Brooklyn, NY, Patterson has spent over five decades as a soldier in the corporate world gaining insight into the human condition. He won the Year 2000 New Jersey Minority Achiever Award for his work in corporate diversity and is a proud U S Army Veteran of the Vietnam Era. Blending world travel experiences with a passion for story telling, Patterson's adventures continue as he works to permeate his reader's souls from an indelible wellspring.
His novel No Irish Need Apply was named Book of the Month for June 2009 by Booz Allen Hamilton's Diversity Reading Organization. His Novel The Jade Owl was a finalist for The 2009 Rainbow Awards.
He is the proud founder of Operation eBook Drop which, in its heyday, distributed over a million eBooks to deployed Armed Forces members from over 2,000 independent authors. He has guest blogged extensively and has appeared on the Bobby Ozuna - Soul of Humanity Show. He is also proud of his Cherokee heritage, knows seven languages (including Cherokee) and is a contributing member of the ACLU.
"The little voice from between the lines can become a lion's roar, one listener at a time."
Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY USA
Accomplishments: NJ Minority Acchievement Award 2000. MA in Sinology, doctoral work at Columbia University. First author to have an on-line internet signing for Surviving an American Gulag.
Books
Master Wu's Bride by Edward C. Patterson The daughter of a retired official becomes the 4th wife of a man who dies before the wedding. She enters his household as a Ghost Bride....
The Six Bells of Madame Lin (The Witch of Marigold Hall Trilogy Book 1) by Edward C. Patterson The Six Bells of Madame Lin is the first book in The Witch of Marigold Hall Trilogy, a fictionalized account of the struggles of Lin Mang, a blind woman who manages to navigate the world during the Mongol conquest of China in the 13th Century. Without sight, she is a legend in her province, excelling as a seamstress who embroiders using a unique stitch which sighted craft folk find impossible to m...
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The Academician - Southern Swallow - Book I by Edward C. Patterson Book I of Southern Swallow Series – 12th Century scholar Li K'ai-men takes command of his first official assignments during a time of political unrest and barbarian invasions....
The Jade Owl by Edward C. Patterson BOOK I of THE JADE OWL LEGACY SERIES: An out of work Chinese History Professor crosses paths with a young scamp in San Francisco and becomes part of a quest for a lost and dangerous Chinese relic....
Little Vin at Dreamland by Edward C. Patterson Irish Lad comes of age in 1910 Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY. Adventures in Amusement Parks and the early film industry in Fort Lee NJ....
Lord Belmundus Omnibus Books 1 - 5 by Edward C. Patterson Lord Belmundus – The Omnibus One is a compilation of Books 1 through 5 of The Adventures of Lord Belmundus, a remarkable tale of other worlds, strange customs, beauty and warfare; and, in its grips, lands a young celebrity, who has the chaps to play the many parts this great journey requires....
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Look Away Silence by Edward C. Patterson Martin Powers wanted an ironing board for Christmas. Instead, he got . . . Matthew Kieler, a non-returnable gift, but a gift that kept on giving. A powerful tale of survival, compassion and unapologetic love in the time of AIDS....
Pacific Crimson - Forget Me Not by Edward C. Patterson First Hand Accounts in Verse memorializing the brave hearts that fought the War in the Pacific....
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Willa Goodheart by Edward C. Patterson Willa Goodheart, honest and hard-working white collar worker finds herself connected to a police investigation for a serial killer; and she hasn't a clue why - that is, until she begins digging....
Turning Idolater by Edward C. Patterson An Internet stripper finds fortune, love and murder in New York City after an encounter with a rare first edition book, which opens doors to many possibilities....
Bobby's Trace by Edward C. Patterson A young technician mourns his lover until he meets another man - a man with a secret. But there are other secrets as a jealous ghost returns to protect his turf....
Old Friend Cane by Edward C. Patterson The Second Nick Firestone Mystery. Chinatown's Don is attacked and Nick and crew ry to solve who done it and why?...
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No Irish Need Apply by Edward C. Patterson High school student Kevin Borden has a secret and his name is Louis Lannegan. He also has an overbearing mother. A tale of coming out in the shadow of parents and friends. Award winning novella....
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The Sapphire Astonishment by Edward C. Patterson Nick Firestone and Crew search for a missing Imperial Chinese Heirloom only to discover deeper and darker secrets....
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Lord Belmundus Omnibus - Books 11 - 15 by Edward C. Patterson Lord Belmundus – The Omnibus One is a compilation of Books 11 through 15 of The Adventures of Lord Belmundus, a remarkable tale of other worlds, strange customs, beauty and warfare; and, in its grips, lands a young celebrity, who has the chaps to play the many parts this great journey requires....
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Lord Belmundus Omnibus - Books 6 - 11 by Edward C. Patterson Lord Belmundus – The Omnibus One is a compilation of Books 6 through 10 of The Adventures of Lord Belmundus, a remarkable tale of other worlds, strange customs, beauty and warfare; and, in its grips, lands a young celebrity, who has the chaps to play the many parts this great journey requires....
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The Road to Grafenwöhr by Edward C. Patterson Private Summerson meets his match and much else in the woods near the town of Grafenwöhr....
Surviving an American Gulag by Edward C. Patterson During the 1960's a young soldier struggles with basic training, a bully sergeant and his own inner demons. A tale of struggle, redemption and survival....
Cetronia Strikes Back by Edward C. Patterson Cetronia Strikes Back is the fifth book in the fifteen book series, The Adventures of Lord Belmundus, a remarkable tale of others worlds, strange customs, beauty and warfare; and, in its grips, lands a young celebrity, who has the chaps to play the many parts this great journey requires. In the fifth book, Lord Belmundus rises to lead the Cetrone in their great enterprise — to cross the Forling De...
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Vagrants Hollow - Southern Swallow Book V by Edward C. Patterson Fifth Book of the Southern Swallow Series. Nan Ya and his crew take a final adventure into a mythical Chinese universe and become entangled in court intrigue....
Across the Forling by Edward C. Patterson Across the Forling is the fourth book in the fifteen book series, The Adventures of Lord Belmundus, a remarkable tale of others worlds, strange customs, beauty and warfare; and, in its grips, lands a young celebrity, who has the chaps to play the many parts this great journey requires. In the fourth book, Lord Belmundus crosses Farn’s great red-sand desert with many harrowing experiences, only to ...
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The Kalugu by Edward C. Patterson The Kalugu is the third book in the fifteen book series, The Adventures of Lord Belmundus, a remarkable tale of others worlds, strange customs, beauty and warfare; and, in its grips, lands a young celebrity, who has the chaps to play the many parts this great journey requires. In the third book, Lord Belmundus pushes his luck to the limit, crosses a forbidden bridge and enters a proscribes zone, t...
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In the Shadow of Her Hem by Edward C. Patterson The fifth and final book of the Jade Owl Legacy sees a full battle for life as we know it. The world is threatened by the denizens of the Jade Village leading the China Hans through a fantastical world and to a conclusive battle....
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The Didaniyisgi by Edward C. Patterson The Didaniyisgi is the second book in the fifteen book series, The Adventures of Lord Belmundus, a remarkable tale of others worlds, strange customs, beauty and warfare; and, in its grips, lands a young celebrity, who has the chaps to play the many parts this great journey requires. In the second book, Harris Cartwright becomes the Provost of the Yuyutlu, a mercantile district in Montjoy City....
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The Rise of Lord Belmundus by Edward C. Patterson The Rise of Lord Belmundus is the first book in the fifteen book series, The Adventures of Lord Belmundus, a remarkable tale of others worlds, strange customs, beauty and warfare; and, in its grips, lands a young celebrity, who has the chaps to play the many parts this great journey requires....
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Cutting the Cheese by Edward C. Patterson Just a simple gathering of the Gay & Lesbian Activist Association of New Birch and Sipsboror (GLAABS) and we plunge down a hilarious ride to perdition....
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The Twinning of Vincent Cassidy by Edward C. Patterson Vincent Cassidy is down on his luck and pours out his story to anyone who will listen. Will you? Novelette. 36 pages....
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The House of Green Waters by Edward C. Patterson Fourth Book in the Southern Swallow Series finds the Academician Li K'ai-men in exile on Hai-nan Island. China has a new invasion threat. A showdown between ingenuity and technology explodes as the Sung Dynasty tries to preserve itself....
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Short Stories ( View all 4 stories ) How to Play Grusoker by Edward C. Patterson from Belmundus by Edward C. Patterson... Fishing With Birds by Edward C. Patterson A story from Edward C. Patterson's novel The Academician . . . ... Dime a Dip by Edward C. Patterson For My grandmother
Margaret Elizabeth Cliffe (1904-1987)
A story of the generosity of the heart.... Ch'i Lin and the Cup by Edward C. Patterson The wine cup is passed from husband to bride at a traditional Chinese wedding. Poor Ch'i Lin....
Poetry ( View all 20 poems ) Out at Second Base by Edward C. Patterson from
Pacific Crimson - Forget Me Not http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BZ51YSG... We Called It Love Day by Edward C. Patterson from Pacific Crimson, WWII poetry by Edward C. Patterson... His Last Hand by Edward C. Patterson From Pacific Crimson - Forget Me Not... Eruption by Edward C. Patterson A Preview of a Work in Progress - a Collection called Pacific Crimson - Forget Me Not dedicated to the WWII Veterans of the Pacific Theater... Who Gets the Flag by Edward C. Patterson Who Gets the Flag?... Courage Inner by Edward C. Patterson from Songs: Not ust Survival - contained The Closet Clandestine: a queer steps out... U-tsu-li-tsi tsa-du-li-a by Edward C. Patterson Corn Chowder Lullaby from The Dragon's Pool - In Cherokee, with rough translation below it....
