Patrick O'Neil

Patrick O’Neil is the author of the memoirs Anarchy At The Circle K (Punk Hostage Press, 2022), Gun, Needle, Spoon (Dzanc Books, 2015), and Hold-Up (13e Note Editions, 2013). He is the co-author of two instructional writing manuals, Writing Your Way to Recovery: How Stories Can Save Our Lives (Independent Press, 2021), with the author James Brown. And PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program's, The Sentences That Create Us: Crafting A Writer's Life In Prison (Haymarket Books, 2022). His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including: Juxtapoz, Salon, The Fix, Decibel and Razorcake. He has been nominated for a pushcart, twice for Best of the Net, and is a contributing editor for Sensitive Skin Magazine. O'Neil holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles, and teaches creative writing at various rehabs, correctional facilities, institutions, and workshops. He currently lives with his wife Jennifer, a rather large Maine Coon named Jagger, and a squirrel named Mercer, in Los Angeles, California.