Patricia O’Donnell is the author of two novels, The Vigilance of Stars (Unsolicited Press, 2019) and Necessary Places (Cadent Publishing, 2012), a memoir, Waiting to Begin (Bottom Dog Press, 2016), and a collection of short fiction, Gods for Sale (Snake Nation Press, 2017), which won the Serena McDonald Kennedy Award. Her short work has appeared in The New Yorker, AGNI, and elsewhere. She is professor of creative writing in the BFA Program at the University of Maine at Farmington. More can be found here. (updated 4/2019)