Patrick Weekes is an American author. They are a writer at

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who has written for both the ''

Mass Effect ''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson, Drew Karpyshyn and Preston Watamaniuk. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the known univers ...

'' and the ''

Dragon Age ''Dragon Age'' is a media franchise centered on a series of fantasy role-playing video games created and developed by BioWare, which have seen releases on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Th ...

'' writing team. In 2015 Weekes replaced

David Gaider David Gaider is a Canadian Narrative Designer and writer. He was the lead writer and creator of the setting for the role-playing video game series ''Dragon Age''. He worked for Edmonton, Alberta-located game developer BioWare from 1999 to 2016, ...

as the Lead Writer for the ''Dragon Age'' franchise.

Career

Early life and education

They were born in California and attended

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, where they received a B.A. and an M.A. in English Literature.

BioWare

Weekes is a writer at

. They have written for both the ''

'' and ''

'' franchises, writing for the main video game installments as well as adaptions of the series in books, including the novel '' Dragon Age: The Masked Empire'' and two stories for the anthology '' Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights''. Following David Gaider's departure from the ''Dragon Age'' franchise in 2015, Weekes became the lead writer for the franchise.

Personal life

Patrick lives in

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

, Canada with their wife Karin Weekes and their two sons. Weekes uses they and them pronouns.

Bibliography

Games

* ''

'' (Writer) * '' Dragon Age: Origins'' (Additional Design) * ''

Mass Effect 2 ''Mass Effect 2'' is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in 2010 and PlayStation 3 in 2011. It is the second installment in the ''Mass Effect'' series and a ...

'' (Writer) * '' Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker'' (Writer) * ''

Mass Effect 3 ''Mass Effect 3'' is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The third major entry in the ''Mass Effect'' series and the final installment of the original trilogy, it was released in March 2012 fo ...

'' (Senior Writer) * '' Mass Effect 3: From Ashes'' (Writer) * '' Mass Effect 3: Leviathan'' (Writer) * '' Mass Effect 3: Citadel'' (Writer) * '' Dragon Age: Inquisition'' (Writer) * '' Dragon Age: Inquisition - Jaws of Hakkon'' (Lead Writer) * '' Dragon Age: Inquisition - Trespasser'' (Lead Writer)

Comics

*'' Mass Effect: Homeworlds'' #2 (with Jeremy Barlow,

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and Michael Atiyeh,

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, 2012)

Novels

Rogues of the Republic

*''The Palace Job'' (2013) *''The Prophecy Con'' (2014) *''The Paladin Caper'' (2015)

Dragon Age

*'' Dragon Age: The Masked Empire'' (2014) *'' Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights'' (2020)

Other

*''Feeder'' (2018)

Short stories

* “Dragon Slayers” in ''

Realms of Fantasy ''Realms of Fantasy'' was a professional bimonthly fantasy speculative fiction magazine published by Sovereign Media, then Tir Na Nog Press, and Damnation Books, which specialized in fantasy fiction (including some horror), related nonfiction (wit ...

Issue 27'' (February 1999) * “Glass Beads” in ''

Science Fiction Age Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

Volume 8 Issue 4'' (May 2000) * “I Am Looking for a Book...” in ''Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores'' (2002, edited by Greg Ketter) * “Why the Elders Bare Their Throats” in ''

Strange Horizons ''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables. History and profile It was launched in September 2000, and ...

(17 February 2003)'' * “When She Grows a Soul” in '' The Leading Edge Issue 46'' (October 2003) * “Injure the Corners” in ''

Amazing Stories ''Amazing Stories'' is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances i ...

Issue 604'' (October 2004) * “Release the Knot” in ''

Issue 606'' (December 2004) * “Unleashing the Flyers of L” in ''The Anthology from Hell: Humorous Stories from WAY Down Under'' (2012, edited by Julia S. Mandala)

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