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Patricia Goodsell

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Patricia Goodsell is an American novelist, screenwriter, and poet. She's also been known to jot down a song or two - they're all very silly and usually invented around 3am. Despite being a die-hard California girl, she also has a special fondness for Oregon.

Her two cats manage her work hours ensuring her life as well balanced between her latest novel and plenty of exercise chasing mouse toys, giving belly rubs, and feeding them seven times a day.

Patricia uses her creative superpowers to craft novels packed with edge-of-your-seat action complete with cliffhangers that will make you curse her name! Her books include the newly released apocalyptic tale Scavengers, a delightful children's book of a Dandelion's battle with a cat and a lawn mower ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 11 ratings · 4 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Chase Is On (The Chase Files, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	Scavengers: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	David The Dandelion really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	A Desperate Chase ( The Chase Files, #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	A Chase To Die For (The Chase Files, #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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

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