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Patrick Swidler

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Born

Nashua, The United States

Website

https://www.speedofthedark.com/

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Fiction, Science Fiction, Horror

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Patrick is the author of Speed of the Dark and Speed of the Dark: Bilingual. He lives in Carlsbad, California with his wife Meghan and their dog Roger.

Patrick is currently writing his first novel.

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Average rating: 4.6 · 10 ratings · 1 review · 2 distinct works

	Speed Of The Dark by Patrick Swidler (Goodreads Author), Natalie Curtiss (Illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speed of the Dark: Portuguese & English Dual Text by Patrick Swidler (Goodreads Author), Babl Books, Natalie Curtiss (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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