Pat Walsh (born 1968) is an author, independent publishing consultant/book packager, and former editor-in-chief at

MacAdam/Cage MacAdam/Cage was a small publishing firm located in San Francisco, California. It was founded by publisher David Poindexter in 1998. In 2003, it published around 30 to 45 titles per year, primarily fiction, short story collections, history, biogra ...

. Walsh began his career as a reporter for the

San Francisco Chronicle The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. The ...

. In 1998, Walsh joined David Poindexter as an editor at the newly-formed publishing house, MacAdam/Cage, where he worked for a decade. Walsh was instrumental in acquiring some of the house’s most successful titles, including ''Ella Minnow Pea'' by

Mark Dunn Mark Dunn (born July 12, 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American author and playwright. He studied film at Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) followed by post-graduate work in screenwriting at the University of Texas at ...

, '' The Contortionist’s Handbook'' by

Craig Clevenger Craig Clevenger (born 1964) is an American author of contemporary fiction. Born 1964 in Dallas, Texas, he grew up in Southern California, where he studied English at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of there novels, '' ...

, and '' The Time Traveler’s Wife'' by Audrey Niffenegger. After MacAdam/Cage, Walsh was director of North American operations for MP Publishing, a United Kingdom–based publisher of fiction and memoir, and director of subsidiary and foreign rights for

Dzanc Books Dzanc Books is an American independent press book publisher. It is a non-profit 501(c)(3) private foundation. Michelle Dotter is publisher and editor-in-chief. Background Dzanc Books was founded in 2006 by Steven Gillis, a lawyer turned novelis ...

where he oversaw the sales and contractual terms for translation, audio, television, and film rights before launching his own publishing consultancy firm. After the closing of MacAdam/Cage in 2014 due to the death of David Poindexter and bankruptcy, Walsh worked with the Author’s Guild and played a critical role in clearing up the house’s financial obligations and rights reversion. Walsh is the author of ''78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published and 14 Reasons Why it Just Might'' (Penguin), a book outlining the challenges that face writers and authors today; and ''How to Win the World Series of Poker (Or Not)'' (Penguin), a memoir. Walsh also co-wrote with

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''How to Castrate a Bull: Unexpected Lessons on Risk, Growth, and Success in Business''. Walsh has also written for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

''. among other publications.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Walsh, Pat 1968 births Living people San Francisco Chronicle people American publishers (people)