Patrick Cave (born October 1965) is a British novelist and
hypnotherapist.
Biography
Patrick Cave was born in
Bath
Bath may refer to:
* Bathing, immersion in a fluid
** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe
* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
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, England. He attended boarding school for seven years, during which he developed a love of music and of cross-country running. After obtaining his degree and a teaching certificate, he taught for ten years.
He then travelled around Europe
''Oxford University Press'' and began writing books to support himself while in France.
[ Patrick Cave Website Bio]
Cave has always loved children's fiction, stating 'who could possibly understand the world better than children?'
[ He believes that his readers bring their own meaning to his books and with all the ingredients of excitement, suspense, catharsis, and escapism present in the story, there is no one "message".][ Patrick Cave Website FAQ] One of his favorite writers is K.M. Peyton.[
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Publications
# ''Number 99''
# ''Last Chance''
# ''Sharp North''
# ''Blown Away''
# ''The Selected''
# ''Your Life does not Exist''
#''Dying of Exposure'' (with Sophia Sheney)
Reception of works
Cave's works have received favourable reviews.
''Blown Away'' was shortlisted in ''The Guardian's'' 2006 children's fiction prize, where it was described as 'a thought-provoking novel about how individuals and societies survive when science creates new possibilities that threaten them'.
Hynotherapy
Cave has trained as a hynotherapist and works in Bath and London. He is also a member of the Association of NLP Professionals.ANLP website, Retrieved 2023-05-10
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Personal life
Cave has three children. He is a Taoist.[
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See also
External links
Official website
References
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1965 births
Living people
21st-century English writers
English children's writers
English male writers