PATRICK LARKIN

According to Wikipedia: "According to Wikipedia: "atrick Larkin (born 1959 or 1960) is an American novelist and speechwriter. He worked with Larry Bond on several novels, such as Red Phoenix, Vortex (1991), Cauldron (1993), The Enemy Within (1996), and Day of Wrath (1998).

Larkin received a high school diploma from Kennewick High School in Kennewick, Washington, in 1978 and a degree from the University of Chicago.

At the beginning of his career, he was among a group of 14 staff for Congressional Republicans whom he worked three years for. As part of his job, he was the speechwriter for 140 members of the United States House of Representatives. He was a speechwriter for John S. Herrington, the United States Secretary of Energy. After quitting his Washington, D.C. job, Larkin became a Pacific Gas and Electric Company speechwriter at their San Francisco office to fulfill his wish to be close to his family.

Larkin is married and has two children.