Patrick Dean

Patrick Dean is the author of A Window to Heaven: The Daring Ascent of Denali, American's Wildest Peak and Nature's Messenger: Mark Catesby and His Adventures in a New World, both published by Pegasus Books.

Patrick has appeared at the Mississippi Book Festival, the Southern Festival of Books, and the Possumtown Book Fest. He has been on the faculty of the Sewanee Young Writers' Conference.

Patrick grew up in the Mississippi Delta, and graduated from the University of Mississippi. He lives, works, and plays in and around Monteagle, Tennessee. He has written speeches for Congressional candidates, taught inner-city high-school English, and earned a master's degree in theology. Since 2014, Patrick has been the executive director of the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to creating a walking and cycling trail on a former railroad bed.