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Patrick Kennedy

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Patrick Kennedy has had an exciting life. He was a Nurse, Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic and a Media Consultant and a news writer for many organisations.

He started writing books in 1999 and has written four well sought after books. The most exciting was You Must See Some Terrible Things which takes you on a 'buckle your seat belt' white knuckled ride through his career as a Paramedic. Keep your emotions in check as you go with him on emergencies in the home, in car accidents and plane crashes.

He began writing his latest book Long Bay in 2013 and it was published in 2018. This is a unique blend of storytelling and history, weaving true crime into painstaking research. Kennedy takes the reader back more than a century when the original
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Long Bay in shops

Long Bay has now been officially launched by the Commissioner of Corrective Services and the Minister at Long Bay Correctional Centre. LONG BAY is now available in shops and www.longbay.net.au
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