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Patrick Doyle

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in Montreal, Canada

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Gay and Lesbian, Fiction

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April 2020

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When I was a kid reading opened all the doors. There was a world out there and I wanted in. When I stumbled across Jean Genet (my review of Our Lady of the Flowers pretty much sums up my childhood), it was like being beamed up to another world. I was too young to understand how 'indecent' it was. But I knew it was for me.

By the time I discovered writers like Armistead Maupin and Edmund White, I knew I'd arrived. I read and read until one day I wrote. It was like writing came to me. I feel that even now. Writing is like being possessed, happily possessed (well, most of the time).

I've written nine books: a series of loosely related mysteries (Jordi's Day, Tony's Dream, Beau's Dilemma) that follow the adventures of a stranger in a strange land When I was a kid reading opened all the doors. There was a world out there and I wanted in. When I stumbled across Jean Genet (my review of Our Lady of the Flowers pretty much sums up my childhood), it was like being beamed up to another world. I was too young to understand how 'indecent' it was. But I knew it was for me.

By the time I discovered writers like Armistead Maupin and Edmund White, I knew I'd arrived. I read and read until one day I wrote. It was like writing came to me. I feel that even now. Writing is like being possessed, happily possessed (well, most of the time).

I've written nine books: a series of loosely related mysteries (Jordi's Day, Tony's Dream, Beau's Dilemma) that follow the adventures of a stranger in a strange land, and the Pierre & Bill trilogy (Pierre & Bill: A Love Story, Pierre & Bill Now, Pierre Before Bill), that tells the story of an unusual couple along with their friends, lovers and kids. Along the way, I've written another mystery (Van Alone) and a fantasy/sc-fi (Seeing Sean). Both are stories about secrets, but not the same kind.

My latest, Catching Hanif's Eye, is a story about two very different men who find themselves trapped in a web of deceit where only trust can save them. Like all my books, it contains elements of romance, sometimes love, along with wit, sex and adventure.

My goal is to write stories about lives that, while entirely fictional, are rooted in some kind of reality. My characters are imperfect. They make mistakes. Some can be hard to like. Until we find out why. They have problems. They have pasts. Some hide it well and some don't. But they all have one thing in common. They want more out of life. Just like I did. Which brought me here.

I live in Montreal with my partner and not far away from the child we raised. I live in French, write in English, and work in both. I try to bring that experience to my novels. All my protagonists are faced with the challenge and excitement of loving someone from another world. I’ve been there. It’s worth the trip.

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Average rating: 4.33 · 258 ratings · 184 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pierre & Bill: A Love Story 4.58 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2021	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
	Catching Hanif's Eye 4.56 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2025	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
	Seeing Sean really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2023	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
	Pierre Before Bill 4.69 avg rating — 29 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
	Van Alone 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2022 — 3 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
	Pierre & Bill Now 4.68 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 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
	Beau's Dilemma 3.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2021 — 2 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
	Tony's Dream 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2020 — 4 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
	Jordi's Day 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2020	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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“Bill rolled his eyes. “The MM book with the guys on steroids on the cover, okay? I saw it.” The picture was imprinted in Bill’s memory. How two such bulky individuals could possibly contort their bodies so wildly boggled the mind. They didn’t even look like they could bend over, although he assumed they could.”
― Patrick Doyle, Pierre & Bill: A Love Story

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“Two caregivers accidentally meet and decide to trade their charges. It was like something from a Hitchcock movie.”
― Patrick Doyle, Pierre & Bill: A Love Story

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“Pierre was an excellent liar, although the word was much too sweeping to describe his occasional reticence to divulge. Rather than lie outright, he’d fabulate. He’d tell a story or change the subject or say something funny. Like a magician, he’d distract. For years, Bill had watched him nimbly extricate himself from someone else’s demands. It was very entertaining except when the other person was him.”
― Patrick Doyle, Pierre & Bill Now

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October Book of the Month Poll Open: Science Fiction

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

14 votes, 31.1%

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

13 votes, 28.9%

Allure of Oartheca by James Siewert

4 votes, 8.9%

Seeing Sean by Patrick Doyle

3 votes, 6.7%

Regi's Huuman by Lyn Gala

3 votes, 6.7%

New Beginnings Trilogy: M/M Sci-Fi Fantasy Mashup by Kashel Char

2 votes, 4.4%

Ingenious by Barrie Farris

2 votes, 4.4%

99 Days by Matt Converse

2 votes, 4.4%

Ministry of Alien Relations by Rebecca Cohen

1 vote, 2.2%

Alien Heart by Alex Timothy

1 vote, 2.2%

A Particular Memory by Matthew Bruehler

0 votes, 0.0%

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“He was thinking back to his own encounter with his biological family. His father was barely in the ground when some strangers had shown up thinking they could just take his boy. As if they owned him. As if he’d been out on loan. They kept touching him, fondling him, patting him as if he was a trophy they’d come to claim.”
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“They weren’t wide-eyed and bushy-tailed. Each had a life before they’d met with everything that living entailed. Experience is precious but it comes with a price.”
― Patrick Doyle, Pierre & Bill Now

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