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Patricia K. McCarthy (born 1963) is a Canadian author of erotic poetry and the Crimson Fantasies series of urban paranormal novels, living/writing in Ottawa, Ontario.

Writing periods & Genres

 * 2001-2003: Erotic poetry
 * 2003-2004: Urban paranormal short stories
 * 2006-2014: The Crimson Fantasies

Publications

 * Vulgar Verse (2001); ISBN: 978-0-9732631-0-7
 * Friction (2002); ISBN: 978-0-9372631-1-4
 * Mounting the Bedpost (2003); 978-0-9732631-2-1
 * The Crimson Man - A Fantasy (2006); ISBN 978-0-9732631-3-8
 * The Crimson Boy - A Fantasy Continued (2007); ISBN: 978-0-9732631-4-5
 * The Crimson Woman - A Fantasy Realized (2008); ISBN: 978-0-9732631-5-2
 * The Crimson Time - A Vampire Crawl (2010); ISBN: 978-0-9732631-6-9
 * The Crimson Crimes - A Vampire Revenge (2012); ISBN: 978-0-9867025-4-9
 * The Crimson Dream - A Vampire Escape (2014); ISBN: 978-0-9867025-6-3

Personal Life
Patricia was born in March, 1963 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to Kevin and Karin McCarthy; paternal grandfather Judge John Joseph McCarthy emigrated from County Cork, Ireland to St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada; mother born in Germany. Patricia grew up in Kanata, Ontario with three siblings and was educated at Stephen Leacock Public School and Earl of March Secondary School. She undertook political science correspondence courses with the universities of Waterloo and Ottawa while simultaneously working in a federal office as a Legislative Assistant on Parliament Hill, Ottawa from 1984 to 1991.

Poetry
Patricia has released three collections of free-verse poetry ; each collection contains about a hundred poems: Vulgar Verse (2001), Friction (2002) and Mounting The Bedpost (2003). Patricia’s cites her poetical influences to include Walt Whitman, Dorothy Parker and Pablo Neruda.

The Crimson Fantasies (Series)
In 2006, Patricia released The Crimson Man – A Fantasy, which was followed up with The Crimson Boy – A Fantasy Continued (2007); The Crimson Woman – A Fantasy Realized (2008); The Crimson Time – A Vampire Crawl (2010); The Crimson Crimes – A Vampire Revenge (2012) and The Crimson Dream – A Vampire Escape (2014) referred to as The Crimson Fantasies. Reviewed by Ottawa’s Xpress as “pot-boiler novels of an absolute carnival kind of pulp, everything overcharged and overripe, trashy and sensual... in this gin-and-tonic reading space, those flaws become completely charming parts of a whole, celebratory idea...” Patricia attributes the writing of her Crimson Fantasies to her erotic poetry being published in Man’s Story2 an American pulp fiction magazine based in Roswell, Georgia, USA, whose editor specifically requested she submit short vampire stories that in turn inspired her to write her first novel. She cites literary inspiration from her favourite authors who include Robert Shaw, Jack London, Thomas Harris and Paul William Roberts.

Interviews
Print media coverage on Patricia has appeared in Ottawa Magazine (2015), Ottawa Style (2013), Open Book Ontario (2012); Ottawa Woman Magazine (2012); True North Perspective (2012), The Fulcrum (2012), Xtra (2012), The Ottawa Citizen (2011), SNAP Ottawa (2010); Centretown News (2010/2009); Lethbridge Herald (2010); Maclean’s Magazine (2008); Ottawa Xpress (2008); 24Hrs (2008); The Charlatan; Metro News (2008); City Journal (2007); and Centretown News (2010/2008).

Radio interviews about Patricia and her novels have occurred on Nigel Beale’s The Biblio File and CJAD Radio, Montreal..

Other Works
Patricia’s critique of the wildly successful movie Twilight received publication in True North Perspectives Magazine (2008), to include follow-up reviews of Twilight: New Moon (2010) and Twilight: Eclipse (2010). In January 2008, she delivered a “Dirty Talk in Five Easy Steps” seminar at the Sexapalooza trade show in Ottawa that received national coverage in Canada’s premier magazine Maclean’s. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in publications in the United Kingdom/North America as per the author’s website.