Pat Dobie is a writer, editor, and teacher who grew up on the traditional, unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ / sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Coast Salish peoples (now known as Vancouver, BC). She’s a two-time winner of the International 3-Day Novel Contest, a past finalist for the Historical Novel Society’s New Novel Award, and 2016 recipient of the June Dodge Fellowship from Mineral School Residency. Her books include The Tenants, Fiction Editing: A Writer’s Roadmap and Pawn to Queen, as well as the infamous Pleasure Journal.
Pat’s an ally of the LGBQT2S+ community. A believer in “learn by doing,” she blogs about writing and teaches courses through A Writer’s Roadmap. Her popular classes in fiction editing are available through Editorial Arts Academy.
In her work as an independent book editor, Pat’s clients have gone on to get agents, achieve traditional publication, self-publish successfully, and win awards.